Petition to Square Enix to create a new 16 bit FF game

[Slothy]

You caught me with that edit BoB. I wasn't saying the series was far too diluted in terms of quality or sales. The former is arguable, though XIII's shoddy development history and the mess that is XIV certainly seem to indicate that Square does not have its tit together in that area. The latter certainly isn't terrible for the main series, though it's worth noting that with the exception of FFXIII making a jump of about 1 million units sold over XII, the sales for the main entries have been steadily declining since VII.

I was mostly getting at the sheer number of titles released in the last several years with FF in the title, whether it needed to be there or not. It started with Tactics Advance and Crystal Chronicles, and kept on going with a sequel to X, the FFVII compilation, an almost endless stream of remakes and re-releases, and now the multiple entries around FFXIII. Some of which are barely even connected but still have XIII attached all the same. At this point, whenever I see Square announce a new game, if I see FF anywhere in the name I kind of groan a bit and move on. Most of the various sequels, prequels and spin-offs haven't been very good and it gets old seeing the FF name pop up related to some new title that doesn't even have to made as an FF game. In fact, it's kind of gotten to the point for me that I would (and have) actually stand up and take more notice of a new IP or entry in another franchise from Square than a new title slapped with the FF name to help make sure it sells well enough to be worth it. I'm also willing to bet I'm far from the only one who feels this way.