I'm 16 and every other person I know who bought FF13 said it was brilliant. I shook my head and cried for humanity.

But seriously, I think the decline started when Squeenix decided to make Single-Player games that play like MMORPG's. So that leaves FFXI as the culprit. FFX is a deadzone to me, it doesn't seem like an FF game in the heart. Maybe because it was the first without an overworld...meh.

But seriously, every FF after FFXI now plays like an MMORPG. I want Sakaguchi back as Producer.