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Former Square Enix exec on why Final Fantasy sales don’t meet expectations and chances of recouping insane AAA budgets

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Former Square Enix executive Jacob Navok has shared his thoughts on less-than-expected sales of the latest Final Fantasy games. He also tried to explain why people mistakenly think that the Japanese publisher is simply setting unrealistic goals for its products.

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Former Square Enix exec on why Final Fantasy sales don’t meet expectations and chances of recouping insane AAA budgets | Game World Observer

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Former Square Enix exec on why Final Fantasy sales don’t meet expectations and chances of recouping insane AAA budgets | Game World Observer

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Maybe don't break up what was one massive and awesome game into 3 games over the course of like 8+ years. You don't even get to keep levels and abilities across each game. I know they have made them quite a bit different from the original game, but I still know I'm only getting to have 1/3 of a story at a time, now. I don't want to read half a book and know I can't finish the other half for another 5 years. Let alone that it may have to be on a different game system.
- Yes, but did you play the extra fluff they added to the games to fluff them out? Surely that's worth paying for the game 3 times.
  
  I was going to re-buy the OG ff7 just to play on my steam deck using all the awesome mods that it has to balance things and improve the looks.
  Well I nixed that idea. Fucking square requires an active internet to play their 28 year old single player RPG. I may just pirate the thing, but then I can't use all the mods that have been made.
  
  That sucks, I have OG FF7 I bought a few years ago on my ps4. Would be unfortunate if they suddenly decided I needed an internet connection for it.
  I've about had it with modern game company antics honestly.
- I've started feeling this way about anime too, so it's obviously a pervasive problem in Japanese markets.
  Got a series that's interesting? You can have some curious character developments and mysteries in the twelve episodes you get, but its REAL reason for existing is the hope of selling merchandise and concluding its story arc across 100 manga releases and 80 episodes (which almost never happens)
  
  US animation existed for the sole purpose of merchandising and advertisements. Back in the 80s when transformers were all the rage (the cartoon existed for the almost sole purpose of selling the action figures) they released a movie that killed off most of the transformers (children cried) and they did this so they could bring in all new transformers to carry on the battle, so that kids would have to go out and buy more new toys.
  
  Fun fact to add onto this. Before Reagan repealed the law, it was illegal to make a show purely to advertise to kids. Once it was repealed we got the transformers and GI Joe and so on but before Reagan every single one of those would've been illegal to show.
  
  Hot Rod is still one of my favorites.
  It's a shame we never got to see him in the live action movies.
  
  Oh. He's there. It's just the movie that bombed harder than Hiroshima. Transformers: the last knight.
  
  I watched that one and I do not remember him being in it at all. Tbh it was probably the most forgettable one.
  
  I think it was a pretty minor part. They also way changed his colors.
  
  Look how they massacred my boy!

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