Quote Originally Posted by champagne supernova View Post
Advent Children (which was pure fanboy deluxe material) sold 2.4 million copies. And that could only be watched by people who had played FFVII if they had any desire to understand the movie. Crisis Core has sold 2.1 million copies (and one must understand that the PSP has one of the smaller ownership bases).

Anything related to Final Fantasy VII sells unbelievably well. And even if some original owners do not buy the remake, there is a whole new generation of young consumers who never played the original but have been brought up (in a gaming sense) with FFVII as this blazing beacon of all that is good with RPGs.

So, there is immense amounts of money to be made in a remake of FFVII. But I hope they're making a remake or sequel to Vagrant Story. One can only hope.
Yes, all of those sold well it's true, but they're nowhere near the almost 10 million in sales that FFVII originally pulled. In fact, most of the entries since VIII are hovering around the 5-6 million mark. Which is where my point comes in. Yes, they could make an FFVII remake and if it sold 5 million copies it would likely be quite profitable. However, the return on investment wouldn't match what they get from stuff like the FFIII and IV remakes, or Crisis Core or Dissidia with only 1-2 million in sales. So yeah they could make an FFVII remake, or they could keep making twice as much return on their investment (or possibly more) with the smaller franchise titles they're putting out now. I know what I'd choose if I were out to maximize my return, and it wouldn't be a full blown next-gen FFVII remake.