Game Producer on Digimon Survive, Manifold Garden, Lucah: Born of a Dream, Chambara, etc.
Sweating and crying and dry heaving as I struggle to keep up with the ongoing narrative that has spanned 16 games.
“There have been nearly 50 years of Saturday Night Live installments thus far. Do you not think that makes for a high barrier of entry for comedy users who have never laughed at any of the people in the series before?”
Q: Do you think players are getting frustrated, understandably believing each installment is the final game in the series, only to be presented with sequel after sequel?
There have been 24 installments in the Madden franchise thus far, Do you not think that that makes for a high barrier to entry for game users who have never played any of the games in the series before?
"have you considered making a movie? how about a television series? figurines? light novels? perhaps...... a jewelry line?"
I don’t know why there is so much poo-pooing on this investor question in the comments. They are absolutely right that the naming conventions scare away prospective players that don’t have a current fan to guide them in.
BG3 is the biggest thing in the industry right now, it feels like, and it also has people saying “I dunno, I haven’t played the first two. Should I play it?” The marketing matters, especially for a series that has spanned generations like Final Fantasy has.
(Yes please, more movies)
I mean the fact that the CEO literally ignored that part of the question and simply said "yes we will continue to leverage our IP in multiple spaces" [unsaid: as they literally always have, going back to Spirits Within and Advent Children] says a lot. Final Fantasy has been a household name for over 30 years. If someone doesn't know by now that the series doesn't have a contiguous plot or setting, it's trivially easy to find out. This is truly the least of their concerns.