Personally, I think it sold loads in Japan cause it's really quirky. Unlike other FF's, it's SO different that those crazy japs bought it. and I think square released it because after the FF movie bombed and the slow take up of FFXI connecections, they needed a fast injection of easy cash. So what better way then release a sequel to FFX?

Anyway, I disagree, it didn't need a sequel, i liked the ending cos it was new, fresh and different. No other FF had ended that way. I think FFVII deserved a ending because they left it up in the air. I mean, what happened to Midgar. I no 1000 year later it was a ruin but hey, 1000 years is a long time so what happened to Cloud and co in that time. And how did Red XIII have kids with no partner? He can't be asexual because he needed a mum and a dad to have him.

Anyway, FFX-2 looks ok just not to the quality of other FF. It just looks like they came up with the idea of it on a late night after getting drunk in a Tokyo bar.