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The Bitter Gamer- Vol. 5 : The problem with SquareEnix

Well, before I start I would like to say that I really like SquareEnix, they have produced some fantastic games, and have the potential to release even better games, now back to the bitterness. But currently the two main problems that I see is the endless stringof remakes that they keep throwing on the Handhelds, and their constant milking of the FinalFantasy VII franchise. Over the past few years we have hada ton of remakes for games that are almost always thrown on the handheld consoles, just afew examples are FFI,FFII,Star Ocean 1, and Star Ocean 2, and I understand that some remakes are necessary to re-introduce people to their franchises, Star Ocean 1 and 2 as an example, but there is fine line in creating these remakes, for instance FinalFantasy I has been remade 7 times (not including the original game) and there is another release of it coming to the WII virtual console, soon to be 8! By now you can probably see how SquareEnix is going way overboard with the remakes, and in my opinion they should slow down on the remakes and put some effort into making great,new JRPGs. And the other problem I have with them is their continual milking of the FinalFantasy VII franchise, Overall they have had 6 additions to the world of FinalFantasy VII, 4 games and 2 films. And here is where we see them getting greedy because as a fan of the franchise if they would release yet another addition to the franchise tomorrow I would most-likely go out and get it, so we see SquareEnix not only milking the franchise but taking advantage of the fans aswell. And most of those additions weren't even that necessary, the only two additions that I think are relevant are Crisis Core and Advent Children, the rest I think we could have done without. And yet again I think they should push this franchise to the side, so they can start making quality RPGs again (unless they were to remake FFVII, the one time we want a freaking remake!).