I think you misunderstand what Bolivar meant. He's saying that while they were dumping resources into multiple sequels and spinoffs they were spending five years making what many would describe as a lackluster main series entry at best. I think as he sees it the sequels and spinoffs may have taken resources away from XIII. He's not saying he has a problem with XIII getting sequels, unless I'm completely misunderstanding him, which is possible since I've been awake for 10 minutes.Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I'm not convinced myself. I'll still chalk up that train wreck to a largely directionless and poorly run development team to be honest. Maybe things would have been better if they trimmed the fat on many of their dev teams and maybe consolidated some of them so they have fewer teams made up of their best talent.
As to the topic itself, I don't have a problem with sequels really, though I feel most don't warrant it for all of the same reasons Velo mentioned. I also think that Square needs to take a step back and find out where their real problems lie right now. They're not struggling at the moment because they aren't milking their big franchises enough. They're struggling because somewhere along the way they either forgot how to make great games, or beat the drive to do it out of their really talented people. I find it sad that EA has had a better track record in supporting developers with a new idea or vision for a new IP over the last five years than other big companies like Square. My how things change.
Reply With Quote