What consumers expect of a FF-title

[Lucifer]

"One spin off game sold less than the main series game. Final Fantasy is finished!"

XIII-2 is not a spin-off--it's a sequel.
Same with X-2.

Regardless, I agree. People need to simmer down.

[AdvancedWind]

XIII-2 is not a spin-off--it's a sequel.
Same with X-2.

Regardless, I agree. People need to simmer down.

Just to add: X-2 also sold less than X, and as far as I know, X was a well received game.

And sequels are considered spin offs, at least in my book. You know, FFIV After Years, VII compilation, revenant wings, x-2, etc...

EDIT: In fact, all FF sequels sold less than the main game.

[Malakhim]

Customers expect Nostalgy injected directly into a game. This can be seen behind any and all opinions regarding where the franchise should be headed.

Through countless different ways to state the same thing, fans have come up with no other approach but to hide the true meaning behind their opinions in the most creative of ways.

Everything they have and will ever say can be summed up in one word: nostalgy. Sometimes with added flavor of "b'awww" and "in my day".

"Hey a new Final Fantasy game!"

"...Why isn't this Final Fantasy VII!?"

*trash*

Or, ITT Nostalgia all up ins.

[Isaveron]

"One spin off game sold less than the main series game. Final Fantasy is finished!"

It's not a spin off, it's a sequel to a main entry of the series.

[Xoo]

It's a sequel to a spinoff! ~.~

[Malakhim]

No worries, guys. Final Fantasy Versus XIII is going to save the series.

[Xoo]

Jesus Christ himself couldn't save Final Fantasy.

[Scherwiz]

So you all have played XIII-2?

[Betelgeuzah]

No worries, guys. Final Fantasy Versus XIII is going to save the series.

Implying the series needs saving? Lulz

[Malakhim]

So you all have played XIII-2?

I hear it's a competent gameplay experience...

Implying the series needs saving? Lulz

That's what the internet tells me.

A bunch of cynical misanthropes can't possibly be wrong, CAN THEY!?