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America Is Fed Up With Final Fantasy Sequels

For 18 years, Square Enix had steadily released Final Fantasy titles, each with unrelated stories and characters, more so sticking to the Final Fantasy name in at least a story line sense, while obviously ignoring it when referring to their own titles. In 2003 this ended, as for the first time in the series long tenure, Square Enix developed a sequel, and we study in the impact of this decision.

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CRIMS0N_W0LF - 609 days 9 hours ago

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who gives a toss about america when it comes to JRPG

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BeaArthur - 609 days 7 hours ago

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say American's do...oh yeah and those game developers that sell hundreds of thousands or millions of copies in the U.S. Idiot.

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solidt12 - 609 days 6 hours ago

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Im excited about FFXIII, FFXIII Versus and Crisis Core. Now on the other hand im tired of all the DS remakes. The only one they really need to remake is FFVII for the PS3.

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JsonHenry - 609 days 6 hours ago

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The ONLY JRPG that I have ever liked and actually finished was XenoGears for the PS1. Not those Xeno-Saga knock offs, but the real deal.

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pharmd - 609 days 6 hours ago

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this article is erroneous on all counts!!!!

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iiprotocolii - 609 days 4 hours ago

1.5 - @JsonHenry

Amen to Xenogears. Best rpg I've ever played hands down.

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gaffyh - 609 days 3 hours ago

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I don't see the problem with having many Final Fantasy games. At the end of the day it's just a name, the only Final Fantasy game that was actually a sequel was FFX-2, every other game is different, has different characters, different stories (a little similar), different gameplay, better graphics etc. The name is a franchise, they could easily call the game something else and it would not sell as much.

The same can't be said about other milked franchises that have same characters, and very similar stories everytime like Mario, Sonic (please die already, every game after Sonic 2 has been crap).

EDIT: Befores someones says it, FF7 Crisis Core is a prequel

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Armyless - 608 days 23 hours ago

1.8 - Science Nerd = reported

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IIamback - 609 days 9 hours ago

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Let me guess. Gamers are bored of FF sequel because FF13 and FF13VS are PS3 exclusive?
If it was other way around, 360 exclusive, that i am sure it would be "most wanted game ever", for some magical reason.
Fanboys.

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mephman - 609 days 9 hours ago

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The article talks about dwindling sales ratios between Japan and America. It doesn't mention FFXIII, FFvsXIII, the XBox 360 or the PS3. Not everything is about those 4 topics.

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IIamback - 609 days 9 hours ago

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Thats not the point, point is why raise this question now? Give me a brake. I am fed up of journalist and sites that pretend to be neutral but actually are 360 fanboys. It is so transparent and obvious.

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mephman - 609 days 9 hours ago

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The question is raised now because Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core (on the PSP) was released just over a month ago. The article analyses its sales incomparison to other sequels. How does that have anything to do with the XBox 360?

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IIamback - 609 days 8 hours ago

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It has to do with attack on playstation brand, so it leads eventually to fanboyism(360).
You dont have to be rocket scientist to know that software on PSP does not sell that good, actually compared to other platforms it sells poorly.All of this because of numerous reasons, biggest being extremely easy to download and play pirate games. So easy to mod PSP. So to use PSP and Crisis Core as an example is low blow it doesnt mean anything, really it doesnt. Just typical fanboyism attempt to undermine importance of FF games, like saying stuff "Gamers are tired of sequels". Really what sequels? Sure there are some sequels like FF X-2, but or example FF 8 has nothing to do with FF9, or 9 has nothing to do with 10, etc.
This guy (and you) are fanboys or are using some drugs.

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fredy - 609 days 8 hours ago

2.5 - why is everythign an attack on sony brand

what a goon. fanboys are too much these days.

always a conspiracy theory against the sony gods.

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Pacifist - 609 days 8 hours ago

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Most of the final fantasy games were on sony's console anyways. if they weren't complaining about sequels in the past why would they start now?

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KingME - 609 days 1 hour ago

2.7 - @IIamback

Man, everytime you reply you sound more and more like the "FANBOY" that you are trying to renounce. You sound like someone with paranoid schizophrenia. "OH MY GOD, THE FANBOYS ARE OUT TO GET US!"

Also note how you are directly relating the "FANBOY" brand to the XBOX360 and not the wii. In case you were wonder, I believe it's because, for some reason, this is the console that you fear most.

Why is that?

Take a chill pill man, I promise you, no "FANBOY" is going to do you any personal harm. However, if you lose your mind from worrying about it, you only have yourself to blame.

@CRIMS0N_W0LF (above) - Right...Thinking out loud again huh?

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darkpower - 609 days ago

2.8 - Wow, get your camera rolling...

...because I agree with the people that are saying that this has nothing to do with any system war. Remember that Final Fantasy XI is out for the 360, and that both Nintendo and Sony both are main consoles for the FF brand.

I disagree with this article's assessment, but llamback, I think the GTA4 war with everything about this DLC (EVERYTHING imaginable when it comes to that is being argued left and right, with TONS of attacks) is getting to you and making you think this will be the same with ALL game articles.

Not ALL articles on here are going to get as downright ridiculous as it has with GTA4's DLC argument (to those who don't know what I'm talking about, go look at http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-... and see it for yourself. The lunatic 360 fringe there tries to continuously drive home things that aren't true, and then blasts you if you disagree with then even in the tiniest bit).

EDIT: Now that I think about it, if those idiots that are now spewing crap about the 360 "exclusivity" to all GTA4 DLC and how the 360 version of that game is a ton better than the PS3 version (it isn't) come here, then llamback will be proven right. N4User and Tordavis, I speak to people like you when I talk about the 360 idiots.

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GutZ31 - 608 days 18 hours ago

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Crisis core was alright, but not the kind of final fantasy game play mechanics most fans have come to enjoy, not to mention the small screen that makes the cinematic's pretty much worthless to a gorgeous game.

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kydrice - 609 days 8 hours ago

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A VII remake will restore faith. Actually XIII and V.S. should restore it.

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SL1M DADDY - 609 days 8 hours ago

4 - So they bring up FFVII: CC and compare Japan sales with US sales?

Ok... So since when did CC determin the fan favor level of the entire series when it came to these two regions? The PSP sells like crazy in Japan and there is a greater love for JRPG's there. This is nothing new. I for one think that this article is a bit of PS bashing but that is just how I see it. The FF series is loved world wide and that is something you can see imediately when you glance at the worldwide sales. As for the title... Each "final fantasy" is just that, a final fantasy of that particular group of individuals int he story. We all will have a final chapter written in our lives, each very different from one anothers. In each of the FF's, they too had their own stories and thus the title, Final Fantasy.

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RecSpec - 609 days 8 hours ago

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Guess what? America is also sick of ANY kind of sequel, minus a few exceptions.

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P4KY B - 609 days 8 hours ago

6 - Gaming tastes change.

Turn based fighting by numbers was ok 10 years ago.

In the same way the old Lucas Arts adventure games were the biggest games of their time. But give one to a young gamer now and they would ignore it.

Day of the Tentacle FTW.

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Lucreto - 609 days 8 hours ago

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Ah Day of the Tentacle great game.

Sam and Max was good as well. Monkey Island and Kings Quest were all great games.

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Delive - 609 days 7 hours ago

6.2 - @ P4KY B

Not sure about the Lucas Arts titles as I didn't play them much, so I can't really comment there. But as for turn based RPG's, I have to disagree. When I look at my 2 pre-teen sons playing Pokemon (A turn based RPG) and their friends coming over to play with them, and talking about the next title that has not even been announced yet, I don't think the turn based RPG is past it's days, yet. It's more based on the subject matter.

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sloth4urluv - 608 days 17 hours ago

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I loved those indiana jones games.
Lol, remember back in the day when copy protection was in the form of books or paper wheels...
What a pain.
Everytime I wanted to play a game "Enter the sixth word of the second paragraph on page 7 to continue."

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Lucreto - 609 days 8 hours ago

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Looking at the list they are just picking spin offs of the main series. Yes they are going down but they should be comparing FFVII to FFVIII to FFIX to FFX. People are more likely to buy the main series than the spinoff. I predict Halo wars won't sell as well of any of the Halos.

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kydrice - 609 days 8 hours ago

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There should be some type of Final Fantasy + Elder Scrolls super fusion! but for gods sake don't let the fusion keep the Elder Scrolls' character animations!!

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gEnKiE - 609 days 8 hours ago

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LOL, what? Ok, if we are fed up with them then why are we buying them?

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games4fun - 609 days 7 hours ago

9.1 - i completely agree

i'm an American and i want ff13 and to act otherwise is stupid, but oh wait i dont like FF because its not on my console/i dont like it and act like nobody else does either so ill disagree with you

cmon he said he is tired of waiting for the game and wants it and 11 people at the moment disagree with him that is some hardcore anti-FF team going on there

Here is a lesson for everyone thinking nobody wants them why do they sell so well? i mean the site has proof right its just not making up numbers right and it picks Dirge of Cerebrus and a PSP game good job i mean a shooter spinoof and a psp game really represent FF series... moron

also from the site "Crisis Core (1st Month)" that is right it uses the first month sales lol tell me that is not yell journalism and it uses the statistic from the first month to prove something is wrong with the ratio even though they seem quite even except for the 1 month ratio i mean cmon are people really that dumb/jelous on this site to think people are tired of FF?

why doesnt he post ff 12 sales? but know it of course picks the well known staple from each sequeal doesn't it?

Final Fantasy X-2
Advent Children
Crisis Core (1st Month)
Dirge of Cerebus

these are the games it chose for "Facts" HAHAHAHA lol i repeat sensationalism is up for everyone to see

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Glad to be a gamer - 609 days 8 hours ago

10 - I think im one of the tired ones

Played thought the whole of ff7 and then since then have played though each ff less and less. FF 12 was great the way it brought in free combat but i still didn't get to far with it.

I think its the fact that european rpgs are now for me leading the way with innovation,immersion levels,story and pretty much everything in that genre imo.

I am really enjoying Eternal sonata and the fighting mechanic for that game is innovative and brilliant but i still much prefer Oblivion and mass effect as a whole. Eternal Sonata though does has a new/innventive story which helps. With ff i can't help feeling ive been there before.

For me Fall out 2/fable2 will be the big rpg/adventure games this year.Hope FF 13 brings the franchise back to the glory days of old. Since ff7 its never been the same for me.

Fall out 2 you start of as a kid and grow up in game learning things that equip you to function in the game(brilliant.) The graphics and the setting and the story.

Fable 2 you can have a wife/kids a dog that stays with you as a companion on your quests. The people ingame react to how you go about your tasks(ie evil,good) Online coop, gambling in xbl games against others to earn more ingame money.

Europe are leading the way.

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kewlkat007 - 609 days 8 hours ago

10.1 - Glad to be a gamer

Nice Post I didn't see yours but I echoed some of the same...in mine

really the rise of Western RPGs..and other things

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Captain Tuttle - 609 days 7 hours ago

10.2 - Good post Gamer...

But it's Fallout 3. Fallout 1 & 2 are amazing games though and I encourage you to hunt them down and play them. They've never been equaled imo.

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Denzelio - 609 days 8 hours ago

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Headline should read:

America Is Fed Up With Waiting for Final Fantasy Sequels

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Robearboy - 609 days 8 hours ago

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Wow this is a topic which will bring discussions and flaming, particularly with ff13 been one the ps3 strongest exclusives, i think to re invent jrpg's the turn base things needs to go, i have just completed lost oddysey and although it was a good game the turn base part does sometimes get tedious when grinding, i would have the turn base for the bosses and for the grinding have it more like mass effect, which for me is by far the best rpg this generation to date.
Trusty bell/eternal sonata gave the rpg a new look and a different direction to the turn base, pity the game itself was boring

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kewlkat007 - 609 days 8 hours ago

13 - Well I've played all the FF's and for soem reason

I'm still not done with FF12 on the PS2.

Let's be real here, there has not been a Final fantasy game that did it for everyone since Final Fantasy VII.

Final Fantasy X was also good, I think. Currently playing Lost Odyssey and that's as close as it has come to the term "old-school" (turn-based) Final Fantasy game, until XIII comes out.

Action-based seems to be in until Square says other-wise. FFXII is action-based and I'm sure FFXIII will be as well. I'm an old-school RPG lover and will always love Turn-based. For what FVII did world-wide, we have not seen that type of RPG yet, maybe XIII will be it, who knows. I'm more interested in the Game play Mechanics. Some of the best FF's which sold very, well were not Action-Based. I believe "turn-based" is what it is, there is nothing old about it.

Also Western RPG's have been growing and are becoming more polished. I think that has taken away from the sales of Jrpgs, where back in the day, there wasn't much WRPGs available, well maybe on the PC. New gen gamers never played much of the old "turn-based" Jrpgs.

So I think a lot of this has to do with the Rise of Western Franchises, in the past 10 years. Some of the major 3rd-party franchises have belonged to Japan and especially the FF series. As well as some are on their last legs. Too many rehashes, remakes and spin-offs from Square. I think we may has seen the last MGS. Basically there are more of a selection these days from western devs.

Surprisingly FF games still sell well on Name but I didn't like FF12, that much, and do not play only FF JRPG franchises like some.

Still waiting for Last Remenant, Infinite Undiscovery, Fallout 3, Fable 2, White Knight Story, this year. Back in the day, this list would of been all Jrpgs.

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Glad to be a gamer - 609 days 7 hours ago

13.1 - Yeah good comment also looks like we are of the same mind set.

Don't get me wrong i love a good jrpg its just that as we both said since the rise of the wrpg and the constant recycling in the jrpg they dont do it for me like they used to.

FF13 looks incredible but so did GT5p which i was closed to getting a ps3 for to play though. I then played it at a friends and realised that ai was still poor, the online and penalty system were broken and cheating was rife in online and time trials.

Im just out of uni and working to pay off my student loan so £300(price of a ps3) is a fair bit to me. I also have a wii/360 so for me to purchase a ps3 aswell its gonna have to be something amazing and not available on any other console.

Mgs4 and FF13 could be the reasons but im waiting till the marks are in before i spend my cash.

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solidt12 - 609 days 6 hours ago

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I never played Final Fantasy VII but I want too. (preferable a remake if they ever get to it). I have played FFXII and I like it alot. I am sure that FFXIII and Versus will satisfy all the FF fans.

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Britjadg - 609 days 8 hours ago

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i agree with a lot of ur comments but there have been some great FF's since 7. ff8 was pretty intriguing and fun and ff10 was nothing short of awesome. (sequel to it though was sh1te.) i also gotta give kudos to ff12 for having the courage to get rid of the old style battle system. story was a bit hit & miss, hell some it was painful but actual gameplay was good fun.

i really do think there is a market for a ff7 rehash though. if they used "next" gen graphics to revamp the story i think it would be a massive selling title. particularly when u consider the tech demo they did for it a while back. hell i'd finance the project if i had the money!

on subject of article: i think most of its nonsense. i would also hasten to point out the square-enix hasn't been doing anything for 18 years, as squareSOFT was responsible for a lot of the FF franchise. wasn't until they released Spirits within that Enix bought them out.

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Glad to be a gamer - 609 days 7 hours ago

14.1 - Yeah britjadj Ff 10 is definately the best FF since 7

The most ive played a FF since completing 7. 12 the mechanics were good but the story was imo all over the place and not compelling.

P.S if you like traditional jrpgs i thoughly reccomend Lost odyessy old school but a great game and the story (especially the dreams)is compelling.

Eternal sonata is also good. Cutsy but the fighting is brilliant, fast,strategic and hands on controlling blocking, fighting and range. Story is innovative but cliche at the same time. Making the game a dream in chopin(famous pianist) mind was genius imo. It also gives you history of the great man him self and the music is heavenly of course.

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Britjadg - 609 days 5 hours ago

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isn't LO a 360 game the one about the dude whos lived for a 1000 years? would have loved to give it a go though, sounds like a great game and i'm all for that kind of thing.

unfortunately unless they port it over to ps3 or pc, my hands are fairly tied on playing it!!! appreciate the recommendation though

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pdarth - 609 days 8 hours ago

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I for one, am burnt out on anime art, and all of the weirdness associated with it.

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Horny Melon - 609 days 7 hours ago

16 - As a Sony fan I have to say I've never been into the

FF series. The only one I enjoyed was FF VII and I know why

I can't identify with 90% of the characters....I am not and have no interest pretending that I am a androgynous preteen. The spunky little kid and its bouncing around and loudness is like finger nails on a chalk board

The story lines are very linear. This problem is compounded by what has become cliche japanese plot lines. Everything is about love, parental/sibling hatred coming of age, etc

Poor titles and stories...take Folklore for example. One would think that it is the name of a fantasy story....similar to the title Fable..nope not in JRPG land it is a physical item.

retarded character/monster/boss/equipme nt designs......the pistol sword instantly turned me off to FF VIII. Or the monster with 40 eyes, 10 tentacles and a wheel for legs.

Unneedly high stats.....strength of 15,000, hit points of 7,897 (and that's low)....stat/special ability interfaces that require decoding..I think this was another FF8 turn off.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head but I know there's more.

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Lucreto - 609 days 7 hours ago

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You didn't like the Gunblade. It is one of my favorite weapons in a FF game. I plan to get a full sized version when I get the money.

I enjoyed Folklore it gave pieces of the story out slowly and kept me hooked to the end.

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kewlkat007 - 609 days 5 hours ago

16.2 - Folklore was my first PS3 game

the Gameplay design was weak. Being knocked down every hit gets old. Like most RPG games, I felt like the story presented very well, sort a like comic book.

I felt the game easily could of been a PS2 game. Of course the early game son the PS3 are not going to be polished given the degree of learning curve.

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DJ - 608 days 23 hours ago

16.3 - Funny thing is

It actually was a PS2 game. But then they ported it over to the PS3 with higher-res content and whatnot.

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f4t41_ph4nt0m - 609 days 7 hours ago

17 - And Japan is fed up with shooters

I'm a fan of JRPGs and am anticipating FFXIII ans FFvzXII very much. I'm also waiting for Whit Knight Chronicles as well. But considering that America hypes games like Halo, Gears of War, Call of Duty, and Unreal Tournament (basically shooters)one should understand why America is "fed" up. The majority of American gamers focus on shooters. A shooter can be no different then the last one that released but it still gains attention. So basically, because we focus on FPS then developer's strive to make their shooter live up to our expectations. If we were to focus more on RPGs then maybe more consideration will be put into them. FFXIII and FFvsXIII seem to be heading in the right direction.

PS: Western RPGs may have a load of character customization and gameplay ideas, but the stories and styles of combat are not as epic as most JRPGs ;)

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The Round Peg - 609 days 6 hours ago

17.1 - If you say Western RPG does not have good, epic story

You obviously have not played Baldur's Gate II, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect.

Not only are the stories in those games EPIC, their stories actually MAKE SENSE.

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MrBii - 609 days 8 hours ago

1 - Agreed with other forumposters; the guy is another xbot in disguise.

Did that xbot just base his troll attempt at how well FF CC did?

Who the hell buys PSP games anyway. PSP is not called BEST HANDHELD ever created for a reason.

A regular FF CC torrent shows 4,9 million seeders and 5,2 million peers.

I guess the xbot just got OWNED.

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Hatchetforce - 609 days 4 hours ago

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And in the news, a new article titled:

"America is fed up with people that are jealous their console isn't getting Final Fantasy"

Look, I really don't care for games with gay/androgynous scrawny 14 year old blond he/shes that happen to be the only people that can save the world. But the fact is that article is nothing but spam.

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liquidsnake - 609 days 6 hours ago

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As long as those beautiful games keep coming to EU I'm happy.

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juuken - 609 days 6 hours ago

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I loved the FF series but I haven't played all of the games. FFXIII is going to be the best one, me thinks.

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PopEmUp - 609 days 3 hours ago

3.1 - try

ffx or ffvii

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juuken - 608 days 22 hours ago

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Lol, two disagrees over an opinion!

I'm considering playing FFX because I really like the plot. It shouldn't be hard to find a copy anyway.

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NextGEN Gamers - 609 days 5 hours ago

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Earth to squareunion.com: the rest of the world don't give a shiny sh!te about what America thinks.

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CyberSentinel - 609 days 2 hours ago

5 - Not A Fair Comparison

1 of those games on that list is a MOVIE.
Another game is an action/adventure/rpg
and the yet another game on that "short, carefully chosen" list is a strategy/rpg.

Where is the sales figures for FFXII?

How about the "estimated" figures FFXIII will do?

If anything SquareSoft/Enix should be commended for thinking outside of the box, and trying new things to keep the franchise fresh.

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wAtdaFck - 609 days ago

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Ofcourse you would say that.

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Xlll - 608 days 21 hours ago

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How would you know its not on Xbox or 360. Go await your Ground Breaking exclusive Banjoo.

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Pain - 609 days 2 hours ago

7 - XBOX Fans That NEVER WILL GET A Final Fantasy ON XBOX = Fed up with FF "Fixed"

I'm SICK of the American's period.

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HelghastCommando - 609 days 1 hour ago

9 - Piracy

The same people who pirated Crysis for the pc have pirated crisis core for the psp that explains the answer for this article. Companies need to develop greater defenses against piracy. Its actually though in our favor with crysis cause now they are going to turn away from pc's and go on consoles.

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Nunalho - 609 days ago

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LOL...Oh please.

Maybe these people only play xbox games.

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PMR_21 - 608 days 21 hours ago

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i'll make sure you get a "jap" c*ck shoved up your ass you little pedo.

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PopEmUp - 608 days 14 hours ago

11.2 - Getpwnz

Please calm down, cause xbot like you have never play real rpg games before, btw what the heck is Fable is it just a piece of garbage that you found from your ass while you're SHlTTING, oh please don't talk about masturbating (mass effect) please don't tell me that games is your favorites, what? it is?, no wonder you love masturbating, good on you now you need to take it to the real world

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RAM MAGNUMS - 608 days 22 hours ago

12 - I always thought turn based rpg is stupid

American style rpg is where is at. Unless these jap anime freaks can get with the times, turn based rpg's should be dead.
Seriously, watching and waitin and imagining battles is more fun if you are playing with pokemon cards. Video game rpg turn based mechanics are for those 40 year old virgins with no life. Not cool!
Im sure they will change it but if they dont: The Hell with Final Fantasy!!! I rather watch the next final fantasy movie instead, Thank You.

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Sony sucks balls - 608 days 22 hours ago

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Final Fantasy sucks

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DFresh - 608 days 21 hours ago

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Final Fantasy is tight!
I know their have been tons of titles but the new one FFXIII is set to bring a huge thrill to the series like what FFVII did to the RPG genre.
PS3 PWNS ALL!!!!!!!!!!!

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Percy - 608 days 20 hours ago

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He is using psp sales numbers for america to decide whether or not american's like final fantasy anymore thats hardly a basis for anything. I can't prove that most people who have a psp have it on custom firmware but i sure that a good majority of american psp owners do. Which means most of those people dont buy any psp games they just download and play them all. You can't decide how popular a title is by psp sales.

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xboxftw - 608 days 19 hours ago

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only follower of sony religion like these krappy games. Hours of useless videos with turn based combat. Are we living in 80s? I remeber buying on iteration on ps2 and gave up after 15 mins cuz i got tired of boring story. Most of sane people who played these games on ps1/ps2 have grown out of it. Nobody cares about these cept those japs. They also like girls in school dresses btw.

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HelghastCommando - 608 days 15 hours ago

17 - Not fed up

Role playing games are time consuming everyone that can afford a game usually works a full time job no one has the time anymore to sit down and play a game that is sixty plus hours. Over here in America people rather play games that are more simple and are only six hours long and involve violence and shooting. In Japan they have a different taste for games they like more simulation and role playing games which require thinking and reading. Not that many people bought final fantasy crisis core because the psp has been hacked so badly they figure they download it instead which millions have. Ign wrote an article about final fantasy 7 it was the role playing game that changed everything and in my opinion was the best one out of the series.

I think a remake would be great and it would be a dream come true for rpg fans cause that was the game they spent most of their time on. Final fantasy 13 though is highly anticipated and so is versus 13 and people here in the states love to play rpg’s you can not take them away. For example If I had to choose right now between grand theft auto 4 or final fantasy 7 remake or final fantasy 13 I would choose final fantasy. Another thing I do not understand is gamers today I think its mostly the children with their xboxs because before xbox there was playstation 2 and before playstation 2 there was playstation. People have been playing playstation for over ten years and sony has brought us the best games and now all of a sudden there is so much hate for playstation 3.

Its really sad because the playstation 3 is capable of bringing all the sequels that we loved over the years into true next generation the way its supposed to be. The playstation 3 developers have 7 cores to work with and only 3 for 360 and therefore 360 Is the inferior system. It’s a good thing Sony actually saved a lot of the big games such as final fantasy and metal gear solid and its sad we lost devil may cry 4 and resident evil 5. Losing these games means that aren’t true next generation games the character models look okay but overall they could have looked twice as good for ps3. The 360 wasn’t even powerful enough for its flagship title halo 3 the character models don’t look that much better than halo 2 for the pc and the animation is still the same as halo 2. The reason for this is because they had to sacrifice a lot of power for the gameplay to include more players and larger maps why do you think gears of war looks better cause it has only 8 players online and small maps.

The playstation 3 with its 7 cores when properly used can bring true next generation games developers can assign each core to something such as one core for sound with 360 that would have to be shared. The playstation 3 also has 256 XDR DRAM besides the 256 GDDR3 RAM which is much faster and advance than xbox 360’s memory. Ps3 is catching up in sales and soon titles that were in 3 to 4 years in development will be released and completely take all the sales. Sony is learning that here in the united states its shooters that sell and not really role playing games but that doesn’t mean we don’t care about them they will always be around cause in japan and Europe people want them.

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Xbox is the BEST - 608 days 14 hours ago

18 - HA HA HA HA HA HA

LMAO. But seriously turn based games are not fun.

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Neo604 - 608 days 13 hours ago

20 - FF is the best RPG ever

if u like RPG u should know. I u don't play RPG then shut the fuk up.

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jinn - 608 days 3 hours ago

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not until versus 13 comes out

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