What went wrong with Final Fantasy XVI? They spent 4 years for THIS?

>FFXIII was revealed at E3 2006, released in 2010 (4 years to make)
>FFVIIR was revealed at E3 2015, released in 2020 (5 years to make, one year lost because of the partner company CyberConnect2 lagging behind and the development moving back in-house)
>KHIII was revealed at E3 2013, development was complete by mid 2018 (5 years, 1 year lost because it had to switch engines and negotiations with Disney slowed down the development pipeline)
>FFXVI, the development started 4 years ago: 2020 and there's nothing to show for it other than a very mediocre trailer. The release date has already been pushed forward into 2022 from the previously reported 2021. It will take 7! years to make.
lmao

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I'll say it
There was nothing wrong with FFXIII
It's in the top 5 FF games

you’re a no taste faggot and should kys

FFXVI doesn't exist, it's vapourware and "4 years in development" is an obvious lie. This shit is being rushed to make as we speak. Yoshi-P didn't want to show a cool-looking CG cinematic because he is aware of how those are being received by the fans so he hired a bunch of pajeets to make a few trash set pieces and record these in-engine cutscenes for the trailer that will be incorporated in the final game.

Really thoughtful of them announcing a Switch port so soon.

>Sony wants 80 dollars for this

you forgot
>VersusXIII was announced at E3 2006. Rebranded as FFXV, released in 2016. (10 years to make) then DLCs out of the ass + novel for another 2.5 years of support

Yoshi P is the problem. Guy is nothing but a hack.
>b-but he saved FF14
Shit was already laid out for FF14 he just put it together and lower the game demands.

FF13 suffers from the problem most PS360 games do, of looking lifeless and plastic-y and shiny. Plus the left image in OP is clearly from the PC version and doesn’t have any aliasing problems, which is disingenuous from how the game actually looks/plays.

VersusXIII didn't have a development team until 2013 and Tabata ruined it when it was rebranded FFXV.
>DLCs out of the ass + novel for another 2.5 years of support
TaBETA is a scummy corporate faggot who always advocated for the live service games like Marvel: Avengers, so of course they would milk the living shit out of that ruined game that was released unfinished.

Show me a low budget ps3 game that looks as good as XVI.

what does sony have to do with it, retard
it's a square game and they set the price

>he thinks PS5 games will be $60
OHNONONO

Cope

>Low budget is a good thing. High budget makes suits too involved in the game
this is some sad cope

based and true.

I KNEEL

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The irony is that they could make another pretty-looking shitty game and it would sell gangbusters as proven by FFXV, but instead they decide to make a good game that looks like an early PS4 entry and this scares all the normalfags away killing the sales.

FFXVI being an MMORPG asset swap is a good thing because they will make the game quicker.

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It's a sad time to be a Square Enix fan when trash like Project Laquisha gets more funding and attention from the higher-ups than Final Fantasy.

XV wasn’t shit though

They focused on gameplay and actually making a solid game rather than a hallway simulator with pretty CG cutscenes.
Grafixfags are a blight on this industry.

>and then he says "XV wasn’t shit though"

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XIII was a hallway

Why are people so vehemently against XVI being fantasy again?

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>FF was always a game with great looks,
Literally the opposite. It had always underwhelming visuals for the time it released. Square going full retarded by spending millions on shitty prerendered cgi cuscene later in the series doesn't change that.

No, there's definitely things wrong with it. But there also things some things they did right. I didn't mind Lightning as main protag in this one, there were some really cool locales, and this had one of the best soundtracks imo.

Are snoys still seething because the ff13 trillogy is exclusive to xb1 and series sx?

Are you trying to pretend XIII and its sequels haven't been hated since release

It also didn't sell well and continued the downwards trend for the series.
Then FF7R got outsold by fucking ringfit in japan.

New Final Fantasy games aren't given a big budget anymore, because they fucking suck and always flop.

The DLCs killed my love for Squeenix, I felt pretty jaded buying the half-baked 15 only for "le ultimate expanded better better edition" coming out for full retail price again. Passed on that, havent bought a Squeenix game since, shit can go under

They want the western audience.

Only Lightning Returns flopped because everyone was sick of Toriyama's waifushittery and corridors.

Fuck FFXIII, the very idea you're using it for a comparison makes me sick to my stomach. Sure it's pretty, but the game is all smoke and mirrors. Hands down the worst FF game, and demonstrates Square's fucked up priorities. I'd take something that looks like an HD PS2 game if it meant it was as long and good as something like FFVII or VI

>Japanese trailer has more views than the Western one

Focusing on graphics is literally what killed the Final Fantasy series.
I'd welcome a shitty looking good FF game.