Former Square Enix exec on why Final Fantasy sales don’t meet expectations and chances of recouping insane AAA budgets (gameworldobserver.com)

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[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 4 months ago

Maybe don't break up what was one massive and awesome game into 3 games over the course of like 8+ years. You don't even get to keep levels and abilities across each game. I know they have made them quite a bit different from the original game, but I still know I'm only getting to have 1/3 of a story at a time, now. I don't want to read half a book and know I can't finish the other half for another 5 years. Let alone that it may have to be on a different game system.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Yes, but did you play the extra fluff they added to the games to fluff them out? Surely that's worth paying for the game 3 times.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 months ago

I was going to re-buy the OG ff7 just to play on my steam deck using all the awesome mods that it has to balance things and improve the looks.

Well I nixed that idea. Fucking square requires an active internet to play their 28 year old single player RPG. I may just pirate the thing, but then I can't use all the mods that have been made.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

That sucks, I have OG FF7 I bought a few years ago on my ps4. Would be unfortunate if they suddenly decided I needed an internet connection for it.

I've about had it with modern game company antics honestly.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I've started feeling this way about anime too, so it's obviously a pervasive problem in Japanese markets.

Got a series that's interesting? You can have some curious character developments and mysteries in the twelve episodes you get, but its REAL reason for existing is the hope of selling merchandise and concluding its story arc across 100 manga releases and 80 episodes (which almost never happens)

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

US animation existed for the sole purpose of merchandising and advertisements. Back in the 80s when transformers were all the rage (the cartoon existed for the almost sole purpose of selling the action figures) they released a movie that killed off most of the transformers (children cried) and they did this so they could bring in all new transformers to carry on the battle, so that kids would have to go out and buy more new toys.

[-] Maven@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Fun fact to add onto this. Before Reagan repealed the law, it was illegal to make a show purely to advertise to kids. Once it was repealed we got the transformers and GI Joe and so on but before Reagan every single one of those would've been illegal to show.