>FFVII's 10 anniversary media blitz was a monetary success when Squaresoft needed it most.
>Decide to 'enter the HD generation' with a multi media project they intended to put .HACK to shame with
>"Fabula Noval Crystalis Project" would be 3 core games for the FFXIII generation along with games, novels, manga, mobge light novels and a boatload of merchandise to push the most successful final fantasy release ever
>Man put in charge of the core release was insane and in love with his own creation, vastly over produced assetts for his waifus game, leaving production costs deep in the red
>versus XIII was a trash fire ran by an alcholic 'idea man' past his prime and spent ten years in dev hell
>XIII hard to butcher a chrono trigger and valkyrie profile sequel respectively to make back money on assett flipping all the leftovers of XIII to critical uninterest
>spent the next 13 years still trying to make money off lightning
>turn versus 13 into 15 and try in turn to flip that into its own media franchise that only fujoshi and teens enjoy, longtime brand loyalists grow quickly sour to when it becomes clear the 'finished' jrpg will be a $300+ release years after the game 'came out'
>Meanwhile agito gets shitted out as a PSP game with a PS4 port thats just a low tier hack and slash but remains its own contained spin off and as such is remembered the most positively of the 3.
I wonder if the devs on 13 and 15 that spent years trying to make a magnum opus and failed despise the Agito team that made something on the cheap and walked away squeaky fucking clean?