I was a "fan" until XII. I put fan in quotes because depending how you define the term, maybe i actually wasn't. I didn't like the games because they said Final Fantasy on them. I liked them because they were good games. As soon as XII hit, I ceased to like the entire series. I didn't feel any sense of obligation to try and adapt to the new system, I just straight up didn't like it. The past 11 (counting X-2, not XI) being awesome didn't do anything to make me like XII. XIII I guess I like, but it's still not the same as the first 11. It irritates me that they even call these newer games Final Fantasies, when they have nothing in common with the first 11 entires of the series. If you want to make a new game with a new system, great. Do so. If you want to stop making the Final Fantasy games, great, they were fun while they lasted, and I'll keep playing them. Don't discontinue final fantasies, then release new games that aren't even remotely Final Fantasy-ey, and slap the Final Fantasy name on them to sell them to the rabid fans. Of course it's a marketing tactic, and I understand it, but it still irritates me.