just because sales are better doesnt mean the actual product is better. that just means its more mainstream and is actually potentially worse, especially to people who were using said product beforehand. take metallica for example. metallica released very awesome metal albums in the 80s. then they went all soft rock sissy crap mainstream with the black album, and fans were like "what the hell?" thus, making metallica past its prime, or whatever. the same is going with FF. FF 1-6 are classic games, and though the other games are good, they definately dont reach the same level of goodness as the olden days of yore. especially since the last game (x-2) totally sucked fat donkey balls. hopefully, 12 will bring the series back stronger then ever, and my respect for it will soar. but this is all just opinion, so i guess whats moderate to me may be awesomely great to you.