Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST (automaton-media.com)

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[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

I haven't been a DQ person, but Final Fantasy has definitely diverged release-by-release since ~FF12 to the point that the modern entries don't really have a lot of resemblance to what FF used to be (particularly when you compare to Atlus' JRPG franchises).

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