And they've got a huge amount of trout for that FFVII reveal, which yes wasn't handled in the best way possible. However, one blip in the tide of very positive tide of change from the company is something I'm happy to overlook, especially as Japanese gaming companies have been very slow on the uptake of community management in the way that we've become accustomed too from western based studios. There is also a very fundamental difference in consumer attitudes between the East and West too.

Let alone, when they re-released VII on Steam, it rocketted onto the Top Sellers on Steam despite widely being available as "warez" via torrents for ages. The fact of the matter is, if people weren't buying these re-releases en masse, they wouldn't make such a big deal out of announcing them. I'm fairly sure the marketting meeting would've went something like "so FFVII and VIII have sold really well on Steam, can we port those to PS4 now the install base has grown" "yes" "how much will it cost?" "not much" "well clearly our fans want this as they keep buying it, so let's do it." If anything I'd put that down to misattribution of sales figures as expressed interest.

Besides if the rumours whirling around on NeoGAF are to be believed, an actual VII remake could very well be hitting within the next 2 years.