GotGame: One of the most frequently demanded projects in gaming is an HD rerelease of Final Fantasy 7. What could be better than one of the best games ever made re-released in glorious HD? Despite its age, it’s hard to look at the tech demo for FF7 on PS3 without drooling a little bit. Yet, every time I hear a fan asking for an HD release of Final Fantasy 7, I cringe. People recognize that Final Fantasy has been slipping in quality, and they’ve been speculating as to why that is.
Square Enix is not SquareSoft. They copy and parody what the other did, despite having "some" original devs still on staff, devs who came late to the former company, but they don't understand what they did. Became focused on graphics to the degree it overrode all else.
At this point LEGO games are selling more than FF.
Guess graphics aint everything.
Is not graphics is the S..t they sell in the name of FF. They build a name and now they think they can sell it any-day no mater the quality.
The Japanese simply do not have the money, technology and talent to compete with Western dev houses.
Their fate was sealed the moment Msoft got behind the Xbox. I remember thinking that an American console had no chance ... how times have changed.
The article is spot on, and is the reason why I haven't played a final fantasy since FFX.