I'm a little bothered by this. As much as I love the Assassin's Creed series, for example, I can't help but notice how little difference there's been in the core game mechanics and visuals since Assassin's Creed II, which is why they've been able to churn one out every year since. Don't get me wrong, they've all been worthy games in their own right and I've had tons of fun with them but...after a while, you really start to desire that fresh new feel, like a whole new game that's 100% new material...something that, up until FFX-2, the FF franchise has always given us.

I have no problem with them doing it to produce sequels (like they did with X-2 and XIII-2) but I would hate for them to start doing it with core entries.