Quote Originally Posted by Zeromus_X
Many people hated DQ VII because it had graphics of poor quality for a PS1 game, even though it came out near when the PS1 was just released, and was originally planned to be a SNES game.
According to GameFAQs, it came out in Japan in 2000, which is 5 years after the release of the PS1.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/data/197152.html