If I'm not mistaken none of this was really going on before Square "merged" with Enix. I feel like ever since they dug themselves into a hole with "The Spirits Within," they've been trying to climb out of that by exploiting all of the existing IP at that time. Which is probably why they didn't have a Final Fantasy ready by the end of the first year of the PS3's cycle. I was defending them for a long time up until recently because I actually enjoyed the hell out of the remakes and spinoffs I was playing, but FFXIII changed all that. You can make quaint games all you like, but when that affects the main franchise, I got a problem. I know it's childish to complain that a pretty good game wasn't an amazing game, but something needs to change. Their best minds shouldn't be mining the games that already came out for everything they can.