Quote Originally Posted by ArnoMorley View Post
The idea that 2002 gameplay won't sell is dumb. Like I said with dragon quest, it was the same as it's predecessors and set records. Shooter games are the same they were 10 years ago and they're the most popular games right now. GTA IV was the same basic game as it's predecessors but not even as good as them but it still sold a ridiculous amount. That pac man remake sold big. Mario kart was one of the top selling wii games.

You could go on forever, the idea that old games won't sell is stupid.

Deleting content from the old team I can see. But they're making their own "new" content outdated.

If you think advertising will make WoW's western audience play an anime game you're mistaken. One thing people don't seem to realize is it was socially acceptable to play WoW for a long time, I don't think advertising can make people accept this game. I wish people weren't so narrow minded but they are.
Its true... redoing the same gameplay mechanics works for many MANY games...
but SE has always tried to make each Final Fantasy title different... and have pretty much always been met with success.
So since changing mechanics has worked... and not changing mechanics has also worked in the past, I don't really see a reason to debate it... they are 2 methods that have both seen success and failures
So saying this game failed because it was different is untrue...
But saying this game has to be completely and absolutely contrary to FFXI to be successful is just as false
At some point... both sides are going to need to come together

And let's be real... it has NEVER been socially acceptable to play WoW