What is the most overrated FF.

ExtremeLight posted...

Pirate_Duck posted...

FFXIII

2 direct sequels? Really?

...Go play and watch the 2 sequels to 7. Oh and don't forget the prequel.

They weren't direct sequels. FF VII came out when? 97/98?

When did DoC and AC come out again? Oh right....YEARS later...

With FF XIII, we are talking about direct game sequels coming out back to back on the same console with no release of any other FF console games in between, thus taking up a great majority of manpower and budget for the company when other games could be worked on....
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ExtremeLight posted...

Still AC is a direct sequel to 7 no matter how many year between them. Just like how KH CoM is a direct sequel to KH, not KH2.

That totally goes against what the topic is about though. XII's sequel was right after. X-2 right after X. If VII's was so blantantly overrated as suggested, it would have had its sequels done right away. There was no milking of VII in it's peak of popularity in the era of its release; in its gen period. That's the point. Same with FF IV and it's sequel many years later.
XIII is being milked while there are NO other main FF's coming out, let alone main S-E games coming out on the main consoles besides DQX which wasn't even localized (and who knows if the Wii U version will be).

Get your facts straight. Versus and 14 were being worked on the whole time 13 and 13-2 was released and stuff. They're still being worked on as we speak. The only game taking some the manpower though is 14 ps3 version.

You get your facts straight. FF XIV in TOTAL (PC & PS3) is taking up ridiculous amount of financial budget. This is partially why FF XIII is being milked; to recoup costs in the meantime.
Versus XIII's focus is put in the backburner because they can churn out these sequels in a much shorter time with a smaller budget, and they know XIII despite its initial sales, has a bad word of mouth, hence the effort in 'fixing it's faults' with XIII-2 (even though they made a whole new list of new ones in the process).

And Wada is so stubborn he refuses to call XIV a total loss and is banking so much effort into revamping the game in the hopes to win back the disgusted MMO players that abandoned it despite not even realizing that by releasing XIV, he is in a sense competing against himself with the continued support and releases of FF XI.
Doubtful MMO players will jump ship from one to the next and does he really want that; also doubtful that they'll be able to pull back many of the players who quit, so they're hoping to get PS3 players? Really?
When the East is all playing handhelds and smart phone games and the West are all playing WRPG's and shooters? okay....

Lastly, Versus is their final ace in the sleeve; and they won't release any release date let alone any info until FF XIV and XIII LR are released as well as DQ X Wii U as to not pull away interest on those games because everyone knows Versus is the real game people want; not these lame quick cash in sequels and failed MMO retries.

S-E will only release so many games under a single fiscal year. Every time a XIII sequel came out or XIV was delayed, that pushed back Versus potential release date window.
If Wada didn't force XIV so early and didn't try to milk out XIII with these garbage sequels, and wanted Versus to be released earlier, then he would have. It's all about the budget and the manpower effort and allocating everything.
Theyre not going to release XIV, XIII-LR, DQX, and Versus all within the same fiscal year (while also releasing a final XI expansion and several published Eidos titles). That's cannibalism to them. They're already partially doing it as it is..
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