Why don't they instead of releasing the remake episodic,why not just make it multiple discs?so,even if it took more than the original took,at least they could release it as one big game.
Disc size has nothing to do with it.
It has to do with the scale of the actual game, and how to keep it as big and lush with details as possible.
Square Enix has developed a bad reputation of cutting corners to create the illusion of larger games as the expectations of going beyond pre-rendered graphics became too much pressure. That's why things started turning into hallway simulators: it simplified the need to develop and process all that detail if most of it was too far away to ever get a close look at.
Making it multiple parts in theory means each part gets as much time as it needs, while reaping in income at intervals. No more hallways, no more cut corners, no more lack of content.
We'll see if Square uses this to the player's advantage though.
