Quote Originally Posted by JJ Strife View Post
Lol woops. But why has anyone on a Final Fantasy forum not played the most recent games in the series? I would've thought that was a given.
Many people, actually. There is a huge following for the older games made up of people who have no real interest in the newer games. But the key part is that not everyone has played every game, and we are in the FFVII forum, so FFXV spoilers should definitely be marked with the spoiler tag.

I'm actually amused at how much this thread is discussing FFXV instead of FFVII Comparing games is always fun, though, and natural. Personally I'd say that the main reasons for not as many people playing FFVII Remake are:

1) It's just a part of a bigger game. Many have said they'll wait until the entire game is released.
2) It's not entirely new. It's not a new story, or at least, not entirely new, and many people don't care for remakes of older games. I know I've not played the Zodiac version of FFXII or the HD remakes of FFX etc. because I just don't have any real interest in playing the same game with different gameplay/graphics. Gameplay might be more doable but honestly I just prefer a new story more than anything. FFVII is an exception in a big way because it's a divergent story, it's got more background to characters included, more lore, more dialogue, and it's my favourite game of all time, which always helps.
3) It's not a main numbered game, exactly. Some people are just interested in the 'main' line, and only bother with the originals.
4) I might be incorrect but it's due to be released on PC at some point? FFXV wasn't as clear on this at the time of release, even if it's on PC now.
5) I might be incorrect on this too, but I believe FFXV was sold on multiple platforms? Xbox One as well?
6) I might be incorrect on this as well! Weren't consoles more widely used at the time of the FFXV release, and weren't there considerably more PS3s sold than PS4s to date?

There are all kinds of things that can impact it.