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NEWS: Advent Children scheduled

I'm not sure why you people think 100,000-200,000 people downloading something is going to make any kind of dent in the sales of this thing.

Final Fantasy VII is still one of the top-selling games of all time. It sold something on the order of 8 million copies. Even if half a million teenagers steal this movie on the internet they're still guaranteed to sell a metric ton of copies.

I mean, more people than that downloaded Star Wars Episode III, and even more people than that bought bootleg DVDs. Movie grossed over 300 million bucks in the theaters and will do probably half that business if not more on DVD.

You have to consider the relative popularity of something. Final Fantasy VII was popular with more than just hardcore anime nerds, it was popular with everyone, a colossal mainstream success. The mainstream buyers are the important ones and they're not the ones stealing everything 2 months before it's supposed to come out.

For some reason, the people who claim to "truly support!" the film and the property and claim to "appreciate it on a higher level" are the ones most likely to not pay for it, which is the most important thing they can do to show their "appreciation". But that's irony for you, isn't it?

Yep, 100,000 Downloads will, they downloaded it and watched it a "while" ago, why bother to spend $30 or so on something you've already seen. That's a fact. (I know it sucks, but that's life)

DragonsRevenge wrote:

Meh, doesnt matter to me. I watched it, and it's not worth the purchase.

Shut up. Nobody wants to hear about how you stole something and then didn't like it.

If you wanted to watch it, you should have paid for it, regardless of whether or not you liked it.

Sure, I'm going to spend money on something I don't like. "Gee, I'm glad I blew 30 bucks on something that completely and utterly sucked"

I already did that with steamboy.

I could rent it. the only difference is I would lost 3 dollars. Either way Sqeenix wouldnt be getting my money.

So much negativity. Honestly, some of you people make me really sad.

Yeah I've seen it, I was one of the 'bad' people who downloaded it, but I couldn't help it, I was curious. And after watching it I'm about 100% sure my husband and I will buy the DVD when it comes out. So at least SOME of us have morals here and don't mind the idea of losing a few days of McDonald's food to help support something we like.

No plot? Huh? Did the people that say this actually PLAY FF7? If you didn't... that's why you see no plot. You have to have played the game, beat the game, to understand the plot. Saddly that could be taken as a downfall for the film... but I'd like to think it will just spur sales of the game again for curious people who want to know "WTF was that about?".

Thank god it has a greatest hits version cause EBGames is gonna piss me off when they slap a $50+ price on the used version of it after the release of this film. (Not that I don't have the game anyway...)

And please PLEASE... never use the words "Let's see how it stands up to Spirits Within"... It burns my eyes.

DragonsRevenge wrote:

Sure, I'm going to spend money on something I don't like. "Gee, I'm glad I blew 30 bucks on something that completely and utterly sucked" I already did that with steamboy. I could rent it. the only difference is I would lost 3 dollars. Either way Sqeenix wouldnt be getting my money.

Do you just not understand how the entertainment industry operates? You should have paid to watch it in the first place.

And yes, Square Enix would get a cut of that rental money. At least it's legit.

SquareEnix didn't delay it. Sony did. As far as I know, Squeenix wanted a release much sooner.

Meh, doesnt matter to me. I watched it, and it's not worth the purchase.

DragonsRevenge wrote:

Meh, doesnt matter to me. I watched it, and it's not worth the purchase.

Can we get leecher like this off the board, it's making anime fans look bad.

The evil of bootleg. There are many people that enjoy it that's probably not goinig to buy it since they already have it on their comp.

Being a big FF7 fan, I'm definitely going to support this so that hopefully we can get a FF7 remake for the PS3.

hagakure|returns wrote:

DragonsRevenge wrote: Meh, doesnt matter to me. I watched it, and it's not worth the purchase. Can we get leecher like this off the board, it's making anime fans look bad. The evil of bootleg. There are many people that enjoy it that's probably not goinig to buy it since they already have it on their comp. Being a big FF7 fan, I'm definitely going to support this so that hopefully we can get a FF7 remake for the PS3.

Leecher my ass. I've been seeding it this whole time.

Your morals are inspiring. I applaud you. don't be a thief like me.

DragonsRevenge wrote:

hagakure|returns wrote: DragonsRevenge wrote: Meh, doesnt matter to me. I watched it, and it's not worth the purchase. Can we get leecher like this off the board, it's making anime fans look bad. The evil of bootleg. There are many people that enjoy it that's probably not goinig to buy it since they already have it on their comp. Being a big FF7 fan, I'm definitely going to support this so that hopefully we can get a FF7 remake for the PS3. Leecher my ass. I've been seeding it this whole time. Your morals are inspiring. I applaud you. don't be a thief like me.

Yeah and your posts are moronic, so please stop posting altogether.

And when I mean "leecher", I mean someone that leech off the industry rather then support it, but you're talking about uploading bootleg to others. What a cretin.