Why do people disliked modern Square Enix?

[Lord Golbez]

Don't willfully misinterpret my response and then accuse me of being dishonest because I don't accept your reinterpretation. I was clearly talking about the development cycle of a game from the start. It's hard to misread "10 years," which was in my initial post. Also, FFXV clearly used assets from the original Versus XIII conception. I have no idea how much they had to remake, but saying it started development after it became FFXV seems off to me.

So if the argument is about the quality of the title rather than the amount of time it takes for them to come out, then the development time is irrelevant right? Would you complain if Square Enix took 9 years to develop Final Fantasy XVI and it ended up being one of the greatest games of all time? I would wager the answer is no.

That's true. I wouldn't complain at all. But when it takes almost a decade for a new one to be made, they only have so many chances up at bat in my lifetime, so I certainly don't want them to be taking as long if they keep whiffing.