how the heck did they make RPG’s so dang fast before the playstation 3…
xenosaga 1 was released in 2002. xenosaga 2 was released in 2004. xenosaga 3 was released in 2006.
persona 3 was released in 2006, and persona 4 was released in 2008.
final fantasy 7 was released in 1997. final fantasy 8 was released in 1999. final fantasy 9 was released ONE YEAR LATER in 2000. fucking WHAR
since writing this draft i have come to realize it is most certainly because of the ridiculous ballooning that AAA games experienced starting in the 7th gen as their budgets got bigger and bigger and new technology meant they could make bigger and bigger games when most of them really didn’t need to be. for instance: everything i hear constantly whenever someone talks about ff7 remake.
i do think on some level this was inevitable still as technology marches onward, but on the other hand i feel like on some level it is indicative of the failures of triple-A gaming