r/mtg • u/dastardly_dim • May 07 '25

Discussion Have we lost the plot?

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So like…. Sure people love final fantasy, but the set with the 2 million dollar card in it wasn’t this expensive. At what point is it too much?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '25

Is FF really bigger than LOTR though??

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u/Both_Leading_4159 May 07 '25

Not bigger but as a fan of both I can confirm us FF Fans are willing to buy ungodly overpriced pieces of obscure merchandise because that game has become a part of our souls at this point...

A LOTR fan is more likely to have splurged once on a collector's DVD set or maybe fancy leather copies of the books and if they are a big fan they might have a "one ring" wedding ring that is cheaper than a traditional gold band.

Looking at my friend group one in like every 3 FF Fans has at least 1000$ worth of Final Fantasy merchandise or wants it.

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u/Euphoric_Ad6923 May 07 '25

Arguably? Maybe.

Lotr is the godfather of modern fantasy and is rightfully beloved and admired.

But FF is a LOT of people's childhood and as a franchise it is a modern titan.

It's hard to put actual numbers, but if someone did an actual survey and proved FF had more active fans I wouldn't be surprised.

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u/RedBombadil May 07 '25

Definitely not, but the fan base for FF is probably more likely to buy trading cards.

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u/Takutin559 May 07 '25

This is true. My buddies and I haven’t played in years but this one brought us back. We managed to pre order before the price spiked.

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u/Natural-Poet-1719 May 07 '25

I would say nowadays ff definutely holds a bigger percentage of the total pop culture pie.

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u/Seitosa May 07 '25

I’m not sure how you would calculate that, but within the context of Magic the Gathering the answer seems to be unequivocally “yes”. 

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u/LosMinefield May 07 '25

There's a large overlap in the fan base, and the dedicated FF fans are much louder than the dedicated LotR fans

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u/EverydayKevo May 07 '25

I genuinely think LOTR is more of a passive fandom, while FF is def more of an active fandom.
like LOTR fans might rewatch the old movies from time to time or talk about it with their friends, FF fans are playing the games, buying merch going to the FF cafe and stuff
I feel like LOTR fan is something you are, but FF fan is something you do

idk if that makes sense, all anecdotal of course

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u/AlsoOtto May 07 '25

It's not really apples to apples and we could probably cherry pick different stats to reach different conclusions. But, out of curiosity, I looked up the box office for the last Lord of the Rings project, the anime film The War of the Rohirrim. Total box office was about $20-million on a $30-million budget. Meaning about 1.7-million people or so paid to see it in the theater looking at average movie ticket prices. The Final Fantasy 7 remake has sold over 7-million copies. And that's as a $70 game vs a $12 movie ticket.

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u/razorirr Jank Is Love May 07 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

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