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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Final Fantasy Flounders
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 07:52:24 -0700
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On 9/24/2024 7:45 PM, Altered Beast wrote:
> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>
>>
>>     [Speaking of analytical articles (see earlier post about
>>      how I think modern reviews are superiour to the pabulum we
>>      used to get in 80s and 90s magazines), here's a positive
>>      example]
>>
>> https://www.gamesindustry.biz/final-fantasys-sales-crisis-is-also-an- 
>> identity-crisis-opinion
>>
>> So, Final Fantasy 16 came out to PC finally, and its sales --and
>> reception-- aren't quite what publisher Square Enix hoped. The article
>> tries to dissect why this is, and suggests that while part of the
>> reason is because it remain exclusive to PS5 for far too long, it may
>> also be due to the fact that Square Enix sees the Final Fantasy games
>> as their tent-pole franchise, and tries to build massive games that
>> appeal to everybody, rather than accepting that JRPG-style games are
>> somewhat niche and budgeting for that instead.
>>
>> The fact that the various iterations of the franchise themselves have
>> little connection to each other --in setting and gameplay-- also mean
>> that each game is largely judged against its predecessors, which
>> doesn't allow Square to leverage the series' legacy. If you liked
>> FF15, you're likely to buy FF16; if you didn't, then you're less
>> likely. The fact that you enjoyed FF8 or 12 has little influence on
>> most people's decisions to buy the latest game because each game is so
>> different from the next.
> 
> I think it's too early to tell.  I've just been seeing advertisements 
> for it starting last week.
> 
> FFXIII was pretty good.  I had a bunch of free time and finished half of 
> it before other people watching movies monopolized the tv.  The only 
> problem I had with it was numerous high power monsters that take ten 
> minutes each to fight, but there was a hint at one point to go around 
> some of these.
> 
> If I get a FF fit, I will probably install Child of Light, which has 
> similar combat.  It's also a bit more streamlined (nice performance on 
> my machine).  For purpose of comparison, Child of Light uses 2.6 GB hard 
> drive, while FFXIII uses 57 GB.  Looking forward to normalization of 
> terabyte hard drives.  They seem to have hit a brick wall and half 
> terabyte are the norm last time I was at the computer shoppe.
> 

2Tb NVMe $154 (should work on PS5 if you're talking about that)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7CMZ3QH?aref=49NX7cwguA&aaxitk=8d2eb52ac4c848596559760d9ae75263&language=en_US&pf_rd_p=eece463e-9765-4c82-95e6-6bb6969aa564&pf_rd_r=R4BND8PW3989TR236KMT&pd_rd_wg=ouHfU&pd_rd_w=2n0T3&pd_rd_r=6259bc59-635e-4844-8121-bdae33b575f5&ref=dacx_dp_580704687987450905_592540364866328765&th=1

Also 2Tb SSD $170

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Inch-Internal-MZ-77E2T0B-AM/dp/B08QB93S6R/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2RYU2VODVLK2A&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XZ3nUUbau10MkEqMireR0xXxqCHj9HdzMeTNb9CydcThtut-SfhNF61LF6hqqy7Ihfe7_pUmmupxKBwa775CnWT6top054uPfi_R_CfD73Br9D2422F_Tw3SL7S2Gsek4haXPz2ivbLokV1ohrVDWYua4Rm1JaWr81JgBcWA8sZPBJRKZXs87S8KMpvLvN7bT4JHmQghr26X2j2IpORTzQhnDTl33OGQ4KD6LpsB7nc.DhdZh4yKtG1wbhLPtc_t4wA_yl0qupqk5l_9lEQjp2Q&dib_tag=se&keywords=2tb%2Bssd&qid=1727275265&sprefix=2tb%2Bssd%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-3&th=1

Even with a 2Tb SSD I just went through all the clients I can remember 
and uninstalled all the games I could stand to get more room as I was 
close to running out of room on it.

You can get up to 8Tb NVMe but those are a premium and cost around 
$1,000 the 4TB looks to be the best price point per GB though at $290

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Computing-Workstations-MZ-V9P4T0B-AM/dp/B0CHGT1KFJ/ref=sr_1_8?crid=3IYCUQFI41PKA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pGn46u6JWOU7MzONdcHF9A-Yrgc8sdXxjCmPLAy8nl4IVAoyco2teCGEhfBIxkBva2hotS02_yqIULzHDXYlbdxBF2yKyjQCC1xcEifZ-j7Q2-FHDyqqMCDTDp2e51ak4kby-lbGCn2uPUVNl87lBFHjwoIVw7aaA9buTHbTd0HfP4tx--lJuKCFPV9O96MYszBEDQTfZkiA71p7Psqx_iDtGqP3q7ZAdExgSMvETXc.szvCj365gYYF69UosAwd6gpICmyVn1_uMaSiHR00oYM&dib_tag=se&keywords=8%2Btb%2Bssd&qid=1727275722&sprefix=tb%2Bssd%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-8&ufe=INHOUSE_INSTALLMENTS%3AUS_5M_VENDOR_FUNDING&th=1



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