See and I honestly feel the game will reach their expectations. Largely cause I have no faith in the idea that it will be so awful the fans won't come in droves for it. I wouldn't be surprised if half of the people listed as members of this forum don't already have it pre-ordered. The Compilation was awful, and still did wonders and if Crisis Core can be hailed as a fantastic game despite the myriad of faults and problems that even die-hard VII fans will openly admit, then I highly doubt anything we know about VIIR is going to deter these people from picking up every installment, even if they hate the first episode and every episode afterwards.

Fans are not good consumers, and while they will openly bitch and moan about the problems, they'll still buy it. I didn't like FFX, but I still bought the sequel when it came out. Regretted it, but it doesn't change the fact that my fanaticism blinded me. Didn't make the same mistake with XIII's sequels, but even though the original XIII's reviews and trailers already had me on the fence about the game, I still bought it and I'll always regret that decision. If someone as opinionated and cynical as myself can still muster enough fan love to still give the FF series a chance despite bemoaning their constant failure to live up to their glory days, then I'm pretty confident the fans will come in droves for the Remake of something beloved of their childhood, and that will likely help SE make their numbers, no matter how insanely unrealistic they are.

Fans are dumb, and nostalgia is the strongest drug on the market. SE knows this and that's why I don't think they need to worry too much about VIIR. Of anything, I'm more worried it will do so well, that they'll intentionally drag it out more.