FF7 Remake and Rebirth are both incredible, but Rebirth's sales are significantly lower. I'm hoping this doesn't make them reduce investment for the third installment.
My guess is dinosaurs holding onto the "good ole days" of the "console wars".
Remake and Rebirth were both seriously, and needlessly, kneecapped by their own parent company.
The exclusivity deals are to blame.
One year exclusive on console(and in terms of Rebirth, a console that few people own because of short supply at launch and lack of games throughout its now apparently finished tenure), then one year exclusive on a single pc game store(the one I refuse to use), then, finally, wide release, but by then everyone excited about the game has heard about their friends playing it or watched a streamer and so once they are finally ALLOWED to play the game the purchase is less of a intriguing prospect.
I think the original moved a lot of CONSOLES, but to think that sort of purchasing power STILL exists is a fever dream that is dangerous to the parent company's own goals. (pun intended ;)
You can definitely tell while you're playing it. It's probably the best-looking game I've ever seen and it has a pretty unbelievable amount of content.
Let me reply again, game development in my eyes is insanity personified.
If it's engine or interop, it's wild. It always has been.. We used to have memory and space limits, now we have no limits but time. I adore and praise every game developer. It's a tough field.
fhuebgj|1 year ago
Remake and Rebirth were both seriously, and needlessly, kneecapped by their own parent company.
The exclusivity deals are to blame.
One year exclusive on console(and in terms of Rebirth, a console that few people own because of short supply at launch and lack of games throughout its now apparently finished tenure), then one year exclusive on a single pc game store(the one I refuse to use), then, finally, wide release, but by then everyone excited about the game has heard about their friends playing it or watched a streamer and so once they are finally ALLOWED to play the game the purchase is less of a intriguing prospect.
I think the original moved a lot of CONSOLES, but to think that sort of purchasing power STILL exists is a fever dream that is dangerous to the parent company's own goals. (pun intended ;)
hx8|1 year ago
bilekas|1 year ago
FF remakes are in unreal engine, so some costs there but I would imagine far less than a new engine build? With faster turnover times..
ddtaylor|1 year ago
iEchoic|1 year ago
bilekas|1 year ago
If it's engine or interop, it's wild. It always has been.. We used to have memory and space limits, now we have no limits but time. I adore and praise every game developer. It's a tough field.
bilekas|1 year ago