What went so right with FF7 in 1997?
>>12572892Infinite marketing
>>12572892>>12572893Square-ElectronicArts LLC did all the heavy lifting
>>12572892The guys was sick.
>>12572892They were free of Nintendo censorship and influence
>>12572892There was a buildup of western interest in JRPGs that reached a peak at that time. It didn't just appear out of nowhere. Squaresoft only invested the time and money into such a massive game only because FF4, FF6, the DQs and Chrono Trigger showed an upward trend for the genre outside of Japan. If FF6 had flopped, then FF7 would have been some single-disc scaled down affair but they already knew there would be an audience for it so they went all out.
>>12572892they correctly identified their audience as 5yo
>>12572892It's akshually June 1996. >>12570160
>>12572975>Squaresoft only invested the time and money into such a massive game only because FF4, FF6, the DQs and Chrono Trigger showed an upward trend for the genre outside of JapanWhat the fuck am I reading, this is like the polar opposite of the reality. DQ5 and 6 didn't even release outside of Japan, and FF4 and 6 didn't really perform on SNES than FF1 did on NES.Your post is reading like one of those AI bots hallucinating answers and mixing everything up
>>12573061According to the data, FF VI sold about 100,000 units more than the first game in America. When you consider that there were about half as many SNES consoles sold in America than NES, that is a pretty substantial increase. Obviously wasn’t a runaway success yet, but that does seem to show a gradual increase in popularity for FF at least. Don’t know what that guy is talking about with DQ though, the NES titles performed worse and worse over time in America.
>>12572892it's a fun, effectively told story without retarded gimmicks in the basic combat. also there's some genuinely great humour, such as when cloud just gets flattened repeatedly in the flashback
>>12573348Cloud getting raped up the ass in the hot tub was classic>...it hurts.
>>12573352Raped?>pressing the d-pad makes him slide back onto they're dickHe wanted it.
Fun subsystems that aren't try hard bullshit like VIII but also offer more meat than VI or IX, good pacing and striking story beats, groundbreaking visuals at the time (zoomer seethe won't change the fact that people were wowed in 1997 and still remember the feeling), bigger than the sum of its parts, and a social experience. You unironically had to be there.
>>12573335I didn't know that about DQ but JRPGs in general were gaining huge steam in the west by about '95 or so, if not earlier. FF7's success wasn't guaranteed but it seems pretty clear they took a calculated risk based on the trend.And besides the sales numbers, all you have to do is look at the amount of pages that vidya mags dedicated to RPGs between about '92-'96. They went from niche sections at the back of the magazine to featured stories and on the cover. Literally even Beyond the Beyond got a Game Players cover.
>>12572892Music, game duration, story, characters, visuals, fmv, gameplay, 3 disc for the price of one, good coverage in press media. Also aryan world didn't used to get so many JRPGs back then. Also squaresoft really cared back then.
>>12573024sounds like modern game devs should make more games for 5 years old
Hype. It was all gaming magazine could talk about for a while. When a game sells out, normies take heed and stop buying FIFA games for a while and give that game a try.>FFVI was popular firstBarely. That game was both expensive and rare as fuck. If you didn't pick up a copy right after the first wave of carts hit the shelves, good luck.
They must have gotten so excited when they realized they were publishing on CD and could make a whole bunch of super detailed and animated CG backgrounds.
>>12574449I memba this issue
>>12575160That's where the money is. Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite and entire Nintendo library.For comparision Vagrant Story and FF Tactics aimed for a more mature audience and look what happened.
>>12575297FF was niche and mediocre and vagrant story suffered from being rushed out both in gameplay polish and story, this has nothing to do with audience.>Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite and entire Nintendo library.well known direct competitors to final fantasy
>>12575398>Game is 95% reading>"moviegame"You're profoundly retarded, as evidenced by your use of soijaks
Why did you omit OoT? Do you have an agenda at play here?
>>12575413Why do you constantly post shit that you actively misread?
>>12576125I only act stupid when others act stupid.
>>12575398This is one of the most embarrassing comparisons I've ever seen on this board. I really hope you're not this retarded irl.
>>12575238Still impressive in this day and age.
