He might finally release real info on Versus XIII as well...
He might finally release real info on Versus XIII as well...
True beauty exists in things that last only for a moment.
Current Mood: And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe. Maybe this year will be better than the last. I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself. To hold on to these moments as they pass...
Let's not be overly optimistic here.Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
A man can dream can't he?
I'm still betting on something mundane like a port to PSP or something put on DLC.
True beauty exists in things that last only for a moment.
Current Mood: And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe. Maybe this year will be better than the last. I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself. To hold on to these moments as they pass...
The reason no one mentioned a Chrono Game is no one really wants them to make another, given the lack of original team. I have no real faith in them to be able to make a game with Chrono in the title that won't let down it's predecessors in some way or another.
I REALLY hope they don't skip FFV DS and go right to VI. Please, Square? Please? You can stick in horrible voice acting like in IV... or, you know, some info on Versus or Agito, maybe?
How much do you want to bet it's a remake of Final Fantasy I for... God, is there any platform left for them to remake it on?
Like I have said before I don't believe Square cares
about alienating the fans.The reason no one mentioned a Chrono Game is no one really wants them to make another, given the lack of original team. I have no real faith in them to be able to make a game with Chrono in the title that won't let down it's predecessors in some way or another.
They only care about making the biggest profit they can.
FFVII gives them that imo while Chrono and previous first gen FFs doesn't/can't do it for them.
But the Previous FF's, IV-VI, have been doing it for them. Rather well I might add.about alienating the fans.The reason no one mentioned a Chrono Game is no one really wants them to make another, given the lack of original team. I have no real faith in them to be able to make a game with Chrono in the title that won't let down it's predecessors in some way or another.
They only care about making the biggest profit they can.
FFVII gives them that imo while Chrono and previous first gen FFs doesn't/can't do it for them.
And as has VII with its many spin offs and PSN release, which they are also still making money off of. The moment they announce an FF VII remake, the amount they make on that will drop significantly.
FF V and VI however, wouldn't effect the sales of FF VII's PSN and still make them quite a bit of money. If they want the most out of FF VII, they'll wait until they can't milk their PSN one any more before making the remake.
Really ?
In Japan or in the US/Europe ?
How many people as a percentage of total rpg players own the handhelds ? A DS or a PSP ?
I have an old gameboy advanced but I haven't bought new games in several years. If I find out about an older game I want that will work on the advanced I can go to a used game store or a pawn shop and look for the game.
I don't feel any need to buy a new PSP or a DS.
In my view they brought the DS out too soon after the gameboy advance.It made the advance obsolete too quickly and seemed like a move made to take advantage of the fans with a higher priced system.
I wouldn't buy a PSP or a DS to play handheld versions of FFV or VI when I can still play the old versions of the games.
If others disagree that's fine.Shrugs.
Their DS remakes are selling ~ 3x as well as their new IPs (Last Remnant & Infinite Undiscovery), and probably cost a fraction of the cost to develop. I can't foresee them not riding that gravy train all the way through V and VI.
we'll see
List of best-selling video games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I can't verify how accurate this list is.
So draw your own conclusions.
Not to sound rude, but Square don't need you to buy a PSP or DS to buy new releases of older FF titles. There's plenty of market out their for either platform seeing as how there are more DS's out there than any current gen console, and even the PSP isn't exactly left out in the cold with almost as many sold as there are Wii's out there. Even tapping into a small fraction of those markets nets them more profit than similar sales on a current gen system thanks to lower dev costs, and prices that are pretty high in relation to the cost to produce.
Whereas a DS or PSP game may only need 50,000 units sold to turn a nice profit, a PS3 game as an example would be at least an order of magnitude higher before turning a profit given the difference in design budgets. We're talking about the games that can be produced for a couple of million on the DS and PSP tops, and games next gen titles that can cost upwards of $20 million. If I really had to choose which to produce based on profit alone I'd go with the cheaper game with a larger potential audience hands down. Not only are they cheaper, but you can put the budget for a next gen title towards several smaller titles too. Sometimes it's best not to put all of your eggs in one basket afterall.
Not trying to sound rude, but posting a list isn't exactly an argument. What point were you trying to make with this?
What argument was I making ?
Just that it didn't seem the FF DS and PSP games sell as well as some people claim.
shrugs.
I realize it cost less to make a PSP or a DS game than a Playstation 3 game.Heck it seems it's cheaper to make an X-Box version of a game and then port it over to the Playstation 3.Sony has made things stupidly, in my view difficult for developers.
I'm not even for a FFVII remake. I think the game was fine as it was.But fans I have met on other forums seem to be clamoring for a remake and sadly some of them obnoxiously so in their insistence.
I assume we will at some point see another Square website with a clock ticking down and when it reaches zero they will make an announcement as to which game it is and then we'll see who was right.
If people are claiming that they sell 5 million copies or so then sure, they don't sell as well as people claim. But people here aren't really saying that. And all the list really tells us is that the FFIII and IV remakes didn't sell almost six million copies. But if you take a look at the individual system lists that one links to, the remake of IV sold over 1 million copies. Revenant Wings sold about the same, and so did Dissidia. The FFIII remake sold 2 million copies worldwide.
Even at 1 million copies these games are moving 1/5th the number of units that FFXII did, and that FFXIII is likely to sell. I guarentee their budgets weren't 1/5th of what FFXIII's was when it was all said and done, and their selling for more than half what a next gen game does. I could throw out a lot of estimates and assumptions, but that'd be pretty pointless. The point is, selling almost as many units as the big next-gen titles (more in the case of games like the Last Remnant and Infinite Undiscovery) means that these games are making them plenty of money. Possibly even more than a next-gen title like FFXIII will.
Someone's petition
Remake Final Fantasy 7 Petition
I stumbled across this by accident btw...
If you don't agree you can email the guy behind it and tell him what you think.
I'm not going to bother doing it but if anyone feels otherwise have at it.
I am unsure if people realise, but after listening to a lecture and talking to a senior publisher for Activision, you're looking more at $40-50 million to produce a AAA title game for PS3/Xbox 360/PC. There's a lot at stake with these huge budget productions, and the demands from gamers are insane.
There would have to be a lot of well thought out marketing and research done in order to pull off a Final Fantasy VII remake in a high budget project.
Edit: Oh I read that petition. It's so uninformed of what actually goes into the production of such a large project. They pretty much have no idea and it won't be enough to make Square-Enix consider it - not to mention the plethora of petitions in the last decade having no impact.
Last edited by Rostum; 01-13-2010 at 07:40 AM.
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