Final Fantasy 7 Remake

If they make a profit, it doesn't matter what it takes from. It's a sad excuse to a reason as to why they shouldn't remake FF7.

Then it comes to what they think fans would rather see...a remake of an old game or a brand new game. I can't answer that. I'd personally want a new game...but SE does have a spotty track record lately.

No.

The biggest problem I see is:

1) Unlike earlier FF's, FF7 had a very complex license and the IP is shared among various companies and port teams in multiple countries, many of whom no longer exist.

2) Almost all of the original artwork, videos, models, scenery, source code, etc has been lost, so there is no reference material and the game would have to be remade from scratch.

3) Fans can't decide what a "remake" even means.

They "remade" FF4 and FF6 by re-releasing the existing game with all the original graphics and a few cut-scenes added. They "remade" FF1 + 2 by redoing some of the existing sprites. Both of these were remakes to extremely cheap platforms to develop for (iOS, etc) and had remake budgets of only several hundred thousand dollars.

Neither would be within the realm of what fans want for a FF7 "remake," which tends to sound like a complete rewrite of the engine and all new 3D assets to current generation standards. Which would be about the same cost of just developing a brand new game, without the capacity to make as much.

The biggest problem I see is:

1) Unlike earlier FF's, FF7 had a very complex license and the IP is shared among various companies and port teams in multiple countries, many of whom no longer exist.

2) Almost all of the original artwork, videos, models, scenery, etc has been lost, so there is no reference material and the game would have to be remade from scratch.

3) Fans can't decide what a "remake" even means.

They "remade" FF4 and FF6 by re-releasing the existing game with all the original graphics and a few cut-scenes added. They "remade" FF1 + 2 by redoing some of the existing sprites.

Neither would be within the realm of what fans want for a FF7 "remake," which tends to sound like a complete rewrite of the engine and all new 3D assets to current generation standards. Which would be about the same cost of just developing a brand new game, without the capacity to make as much.

I'm not choosing one side over the other.

Let's look here, FF7 fans are only pushing this because there's been so much hype about it, and it's what they want.

Others are saying it won't happen because it's too much work for the money, and SE clearly stated that it won't happen.

SE has the resources and money to do whatever they want.
I'm convinced that they want to make as much money as possible.
FF7 still sells the way it is, so if this was a possibility, it's no where near the time.
As for them clearing stating that it wouldn't happen, if you've ever read any news posted from SE, you know this holds no ground. They are known to be deceiving on purpose. Just like in their games, they don't want you to know.
As for the difficulty in a revamp.
They could do it, I have no doubts of that. At the current time though, I don't think it would make the most of the future aspects of it. The difference between remaking a game 20 years old from the NES to now, is not the same as remaking a game from the PS1 to now (Regardless if it's 20 years or 40.) NES vs DS/PSP are a MUCH larger gap. Not only are you making something old, relevant again, but you're addressing old and new customers. Right now, the people that loved FF7 before, would be the same people that love FF7 in a remake.
It's not an impossibility, but right now is certainly not the time.

No.

I'm sorry but the coding for PS1/2 and PS3 is different, the PS3 uses a Cell processor and has completely different code

Well they are already making a sequel to ff13. Should have spent that time and remade FF7!

again, how the hell would you know?

it's a REMAKE so they would have to REMAKE everything

do you create video game models? do you create engines? do you make textures?

the storyline doesn't take the majority of dev time, I mean I know it's hard but try to actually think

Maybe I wasn't clear but thats basically what I was trying to say.

No it wouldn't. A lot more would go into making a new game vs a graphics upgrade. You would need to create hype, a totally new story, new characters, a new gimmick for a new game. It is no where near the same work as rehashing an old game and keep the same story/gameplay but revamping graphics.

And really, a remake will sell nowhere near the number of units the original sold, I'd be surprised if it sold much more than Dirge.

You sure know better than the SE press release crew don't you? You've got it all figured out. Even though you're probably not a game dev and have no experience as a CEO you know more than those idiots from the press. Even though they get all their information from SE what do they know, right?

And really, a remake will sell nowhere near the number of units the original sold, I'd be surprised if it sold much more than Dirge.

Do you?

I bet if it was made it would sell as much as FFXIII. But just because it makes money isn't a reason for it to be made.

thats a HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE responds. Personally? minimal but I do know people in the biz, I know a guy that helped do Art Direction on the Wii game "The Conduit' and I'm not even claiming to know how it works. But at least I have my head in reality.

You're just making ignorant assumptions.

How can you know that and what are you basing that on?

thats a HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE responds. Personally? minimal but I do know people in the biz, I know a guy that helped do Art Direction on the Wii game "The Conduit' and I'm not even claiming to know how it works. But at least I have my head in reality.

You're just making ignorant assumptions.

I'm sorry, you're a nice guy and all, but no. The way you make it sound (and correct if I'm wrong) is like...going from NES to DS is hard because the difference in technology is much different than PSX to PS3. Thats not how it works.

First, its not like they're converting the games to DS format and altering the files.

Secondly, the difference between NES to DS, coding wise, etc. is the same as PS1 to PS3 or PS2 to PS3 or even PS3 to 360. Its different hardware. (Now of course there is a little difference, the newer systems are more complicated to deal with, etc. but the point is that they don't share much.)

Lastly what this means is that there is no correlation between putting a NES game on DS and putting a PS1 game on PS3. One is essentially making a DS game from scratch or a PS3 game from scratch. The only advantage they have is that the story is already there, which isn't helping that much, trust me.

lol, he's asking 'What are you basing that on?'

Fantastic

No u

that wasn't my point there. it's the relevancy that the game still holds over the other. If you'd never played the game before, you're obviously going to play the remake over the original, because it's 'better'. the only reason the original would be better to anyone, is because it's oldschool and because it's the one they're used to. FF7 is still moderately relevant. It's much more likely that someone that has never played it before would get into FF7 before they'd get into the original of one of the others that HAVE been remade. the people that loved the game before are obviously going to play the new one. to get maximum profit they can, it's better to wait till you're appealing to new customers' interest.

I think we're being trolled here