I don't know what he is talking about with the 'recent cheapening' of Summons. He's right, they are an FF staple but they were obtainable from the original uses. Odin has been in several games and once you obtained the Odin esper/ materia etc you had Odin.

If they want to make certain Primals exclusive to this system I don't have a problem with that but I'd also like to see certain Summons that you build points toward and when you have enough you can use them to call a summon. A summoning Esper that is built to become a one use consumable. I'd also like to see all Summons add a cut scene to our room library once it is activated.