After the emergence of Final Fantasy XV, many thought the game that had stumbled out of development limbo resurrected the franchise, where it surpassed over six million units in sales on the day of release, breaking a series record. There is also some stipulation that this ambitious title is not the new flag bearer for the series, but quite the opposite.
Although the series still bears the same theme of the hero’s story, where the hero first discovers themselves, and slowly we are introduced to the antagonist, the hero’s vision, and the hero accepting their fate, Final Fantasy has become what some fear is reality: art created with good intentions gone terribly wrong.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Black Mages' Legacy, the FFIX animated series set to release in 2028, has officially moved to "In Production" at EuroVisual Studios.
Final Fantasy VII 1997 exceeds 15.5 million units sold worldwide as of February 2026, reinforcing its legacy as the series best selling title.
I’d love to know how many units have been sold of all the Final Fantasy VII franchise games, including the original, the remakes, spin offs such as Crisis Core, and mobile games Ever Crisis. I bet a fair few copies.
Modern day publisher be like: "Failed to meet sales expectations. Pivoting to live service."
It's an absolute legend of a game. And I honestly really love how the remake trilogy is shaping up so far.
I just hate how ever since FFXII, Square Enix can't seem to give us a new mainline Final Fantasy title without it suffering some kind of development hell
the problem with SE and FF series is they wanted to please everyone, then ended up with few pleased. the turn base formula is the best for JRPG, and its what made final fantasy 7-10 to shine. as soon as they let go of the Turn Based attack system, the game went downhill. Aslo, the fact that they tried to westernize the franchise, it lost a lot of its Japanese appeal. just look at persona 5. it reached the peak of JRPG with a turn based system, and without try to change its arts to western style.
Square Enix just screwed up on the successful parts of FF series.
Also, they incomplete games hurt the series. FF7-9 had 3-4 CDs. they were huge in their times. FF10 was a full disk DVD game. the rest were incomplete or short.
SE just lost their ball.
Their worst enemy is SquareEnix making bad decisions.. Look what happened to Kh3, where is it? This is almost a dejavu of vs13.. Now they're just milking the franchise until it runs out steam, with no new creativity except Yoko Taro and Tabata's team..
I think FFXV has great ideas and is a big step in the right direction regarding FFXIII, which, TBH, is not that difficult (FFXIII-2 was already better than XIII). That being said, it's a very flawed game with some major pacing issues, some of it derived from it's unnecessary open world. :T I can still find enjoyment in it though.
Final Fantasy's worst enemy is bloated development budgets, poor direction, and an emphasis on aesthetics over content.