The Square Enix bloke himself said that they're never going to make games like the old school goldies again. Well, he kind of said it. What he actually said was in reference to a VII remake, and that it would take as much as ten times the cost of production and work hours to do the graphical revamp. While I may be wrong, I carried this over into the assumption that big, story filled, well developed worlds cannot be done anymore because doing the sexy graphics for them would cost a ridiculous amount (if only SE had more money *snark snark*). Now, whilst most non-sociopathic, emotionally and intellectually brain dead people wouldn't give a toss about graphics quality if they could just get a good game that's actually worth the smurfing money, the majority of gamers are moronic tosspots who I wouldn't trust with even the bluntest of knives or the most resilient of Ming vases.