Remakes need to appeal to original fans just as much as they need to capture new ones, especially in the case of a titan like Final Fantasy 7, and according to the original game's director, the remakes have given the fans as much ownership over the game as the developers themselves.
In an interview in Edge issue 405, FF7 director and producer of the remakes Yoshinori Kitase spoke about the need to balance making changes to the original with respecting their long-time fans. "I thought: if we just reproduce the original game with no changes, it will feel nostalgic but not exciting." he explains. "Fans of the original who know everything that's coming will soon get bored."
