Well, we now have FFXIII-2 on the horizon and now a new FF Type series coming. Not to mention IV is getting a new remake with another minor sequel element added on. SE is in business when it comes to making franchises out of the series and even creating a few new ones while we're at it.

So my question is this, what are your thoughts on SE's new business model with FF and technically even KH? The idea we can take a title and build it into its own franchise. VII is no longer the numbered entry in the FF series as much as it is a franchise title that incorporates a myriad of titles and media outlets. Dissidia is an unofficial prequel to the original FF1 and Ivalice Alliance is a series of titles that spans thousands of years of history of one little place that might be created from the imagination of a little boy. XIII has become a marker for a new mythology spanning several unrelated titles and despite barely a year old from it's western release, FFXIII already has a sequel ready for the winter holdiay season.

Do you feel this has been great marketing, revisiting old titles, and creating new content that can expand into more future titles with your favorite characters or do you simply see it as milking the franchise?

If it is milking, is there ever a proper circumstance where a prequel/sequel/spin-off is justified?

If it's perfectly fine to expand an IP, do you feel it's necessary to retcon some of the original in order to create more elbow room to spread the creative wings?

How about the fact that some titles like Versus XIII and the future FFXV are being held back why teams spend more time expanding the rest of the series?

Just some stuff I've been pondering lately.