Aeris does deserve a better looking schwacking 

" why give the fans what they want when the fans will buy anything they give them anyways? "

Do they not realise that they are sitting on a complete cash cow. Why cant they just listen to what (a huge crowd) people want...

Remake FFVIII instead...with a completely different battle system. That draw system was just....*vomits*

I don't get all the Final Fantasy 7 fanboys.  I love the game but it is far from the greatest game ever made. Or even the best Final Fantasy game ever. Before you yell at me I never played 6, but I would have to say my favorite in the series is either 13 or 9.  If you want to hate me more I loved FF X-2.  I would rather SquareEnix devote their energy into making a NextGen Dragon Warriors/Quest (I don't know and I don't care) game or  Final Fantasy 15 (I think 14 is suppose to be another shitty MMO).  
You fanboys got your horrible movie and 2 awful spin-off games so be happy.

They said it'd take 10times longer than ff13 to remake FF7. HD towns are tough work.

It really sound kind of like they don't have what it takes to make a ff7 quality game while keeping all the cinematics and VA, I guess I could understand that judging from the direction they're taking now. Toriyama said it himself, he doesn't want npcs to be standing there reading out background stories, either fire that guy or do it like ff13, put everything in datalog and just focus on corridors and cinematics. I don't see them remaking ff7 anytime soon, or it'd just like they said, it'll take them a million years or it would be another ff13.

There was an old hotspot episode, where a guy called in with you're exact logic of "they should do it, because people would buy it." It was awesome how they shot down the caller, unanimously said they SHOULDN'T do it, and that phrase became a running joke for months.

they should probably do it, and people would buy it. Who cares if its a "bad" idea. This is the late 2000's. Many of the biggest selling games ARE bad ideas.

They're Japanese so both.

Probably because remaking a game like that is stupid. Like what part of the story will be better told with new graphics? Or the combat? 
  
 
It just seems pointless. Plus, the cost of making a game like that would exceed what they make. FF7 is near and dear to a lot of people gaming in the late 90s, but it didn't have any real mainstream appeal. Nor does it now. Why make a bloated-ass RPG, when you can just keep publishing stuff like Just Cause 2 that can be made at a much faster pace, and rake in a lot more money. 

Instead of retreading an old game, why not move forward and try to create something fresh of high quality? Perhaps it's rather telling that after all the "improvements" to the series, people still clamor for an older title. 
 
Personally, I think FF6 is the pinnacle of the series and I am more than content with the SNES cart.

" they should probably do it, and people would buy it. Who cares if its a "bad" idea. This is the late 2000's. Many of the biggest selling games ARE bad ideas. "

The correct title would be, "Is Square-Enix just stupid or retarded?"........there is not "Are"...that just doesn't sound right.

" @Supermarius said:

" they should probably do it, and people would buy it. Who cares if its a "bad" idea. This is the late 2000's. Many of the biggest selling games ARE bad ideas. "

late 2000's? wouldnt 2989 be late 2000's? "

" There doesn't need to be a remake "

no there should only be a remake when there going bankrupt

" @RichardLOlson: OP could be British.  American English treats collective nouns as grammatically singular.  I think British English treats them as grammatically plural. "

" no there should only be a remake when there going bankrupt "

" Instead of retreading an old game, why not move forward and try to create something fresh of high quality? Perhaps it's rather telling that after all the "improvements" to the series, people still clamor for an older title.  Personally, I think FF6 is the pinnacle of the series and I am more than content with the SNES cart. "

" Probably because remaking a game like that is stupid. Like what part of the story will be better told with new graphics? Or the combat?    It just seems pointless. Plus, the cost of making a game like that would exceed what they make. FF7 is near and dear to a lot of people gaming in the late 90s, but it didn't have any real mainstream appeal. Nor does it now. Why make a bloated-ass RPG, when you can just keep publishing stuff like Just Cause 2 that can be made at a much faster pace, and rake in a lot more money.  "

" name 3 remakes to this level that have satisfied fans. "

" @Astras: no you are both dumb and retarded,  heres an article explaining why.
insults aside, i played it for the first time last year, a remake would be nice but isn't needed.
also

"

Final Fantasy 7 was awesome!!! Cloud is such a bad ass that he has a gang bang with a bunch of guys to secure pretty panties in an attempt to seduce some gang leader in to wanting to have sex with him.  Can't wait to play that scene in 1080i HD with voice acting and surround sound.

" Deus Ex 3 is much more interesting than any FF7 remake. "

I don't know, is they?

" @kashif1 said:

" @Astras: no you are both dumb and retarded,  heres an article explaining why.
insults aside, i played it for the first time last year, a remake would be nice but isn't needed.
also

"

Lol, just read the article and basically you have told me nothing I didn't already know. AND? Yes designing modern games is a challenge, that's why game designers take a feasibility study on what they want from a game before the implementation stage, have a quick evaluation of the resources required / environments/ man hours etc... then see if it's possible to  actually create the game or what sacrifices need to be met in terms of graphics and mechanics.  Fixed camera positions are not the end of the world, I would love to see a world map as a seperate entity to the other game environments... FF10 to me killed the illusion of exploration by getting rid of the world map concept, introducing a radar with clear borders around the environment and pushing for a linear to the game.    I just think it could be possible to make it a truly great game export in style from 2 console generations ago into the modern era.. if only they had the courage.  "

" Final Fantasy 7 was awesome!!! Cloud is such a bad ass that he has a gang bang with a bunch of guys to secure pretty panties in an attempt to seduce some gang leader in to wanting to have sex with him.  Can't wait to play that scene in 1080i HD with voice acting and surround sound. "

Final Fantasy XIII was great, so I don't know what you're complaining about.

I was going to say something along the lines "you are stupid and retarded" but I thought that would make me sound like 90% of the internet so I'll say "why does it need a remake, It wasn't THAT great of a game."

" @sodiumCyclops said:

" Deus Ex 3 is much more interesting than any FF7 remake. "

I concur.  "

The better question would be, where is KH3? Screw FF7 I want a freaking non-handheld KH game.

" @grossblood said:

" name 3 remakes to this level that have satisfied fans. "

Shadow Dragon, Dragon Quest IV, REmake. "

Here is an idea, quit  caring about graphics and play FFVII on your PS1, PS2, PS3 or PSP. A remake is going to do NO GOOD and ultimately ruin a fantastic game. Why aren't people wanting a OoT remake this badly?

Remember how people hate movie remakes unless it happens to be called John Carpenter's The Thing ?  

" Here is an idea, quit  caring about graphics and play FFVII on your PS1, PS2, PS3 or PSP. A remake is going to do NO GOOD and ultimately ruin a fantastic game. Why aren't people wanting a OoT remake this badly? "

" Final Fantasy XIII was great, so I don't know what you're complaining about. "

I'd be more drawn to a PS3 FF4 remake.

I think you accidentally put 'Square-Enix' when you meant to put 'Astras'

I'm holding myself back from unleashing a torrent of words, so I'll keep it short.
 
I strongly doubt costs have anything to do with Square remaking Final Fantasy VII.
 
Square needs dramatic rearrangement of the way they manage and develop games. Period. The internal politics of this company seem so toxic and uninviting, it's almost palpable. Projects are delayed indefinitely for years with the final result not in-tandem with the amount of time making it. There's a laundry list of public statements that defy reason and logic, unless you bought hook-line-and-sinker their statement of HD towns being hard to make: a proclamation I'm sure anyone working at RockStar would love to hear. Or subsequently, any development team working for Square that have made towns in their games, this generation. Voiced NPC dialog is too expensive? I'm sure Bioware would love to use that as an excuse. Give me a break. Unless this project has a cutscene for every-time you spoke to anyone. (WHY?!) Cutting costs while keeping a high quality product is easy to do if you have the right tools, good managers and the know-how. Seeing how haphazard and unpredictable Square is with their game development, who knows if they have those qualities. Creation of their own universal multi-console game engine is a step in the right direction, if not a decade late to the party. 
 
Problems remaking Final Fantasy VII are not technically exclusive. 
Specifically the games underlying mechanics would most certainly be messed with to compliment the visual make-over. This is a concept I'm sure wouldn't sit well with everyone. I strongly doubt any remake would just be a visual over-haul. 
 
There are many reasons why a remake, full remake or simple touch-up, would be great besides the obvious "it would sell like crazy". I would love to see an official re-translation (There is a PC mod re-translation project, but I haven't checked it's progress in a while.), the original script for Final Fantasy VII was horrid. It could obviously, for better or worse, tie into the compilation. It's also straight up: a solid game. It's easily ready for some type of update that's more than just an emulation job. Shit, just add another dungeon with recolored higher difficulty enemies like the countless re-releases you have done for every Final Fantasy game aside from the Playstation era. Toss trophies or achievements on-top. Do something. These PSN emulated releases are fun, and make a good quick buck, but they can't do anything better than emulation? -_-

Retarded? Stupid? Neither. Although, I defiantly cast my vote for "out-of-touch".

" @Subject2Change said:

" Here is an idea, quit  caring about graphics and play FFVII on your PS1, PS2, PS3 or PSP. A remake is going to do NO GOOD and ultimately ruin a fantastic game. Why aren't people wanting a OoT remake this badly? "

Pretty much this. If the original is so great, why even have a remake? It's not like FF7 is super rare with it being on PSN. "

I cannot think of a game that gets more undue love that Final Fantasy fucking VII.  It was terrible at the time, and its even more terrible now that we're not blinded by fancy graphics and CG.

Pfffftttt... EFFFFFF VII. 
 
REMAKE VI.