Final Fantasy VII Remake A "Possibility"

Final Fantasy VII is considered by most to be the best in the entire Final Fantasy series, and so its no surprise that fans have been asking for a remake. It seems whenever there's a new Final Fantasy nearing release, this debate for an FFVII remake comes up. It usually ends with Square Enix saying that they want to explore newer concepts rather than remake an old title, but this time we're getting a different answer. Earlier this week Producer of FFXIII, and Director of FFVII, gave the fans a little bit of hope.
"If it were possible that we had all the right facilities and the right environment to be able to make and prepare a Final Fantasy VII remake within a year, we'd very much like a go at it! But even Final Fantasy XIII has taken over three and a half years to create. If we were to recreate Final Fantasy VII with the same level of graphical detail as you see in Final Fantasy XIII, we'd imagine that that would take as much as three or four times longer than the three and a half years it has taken to put this Final Fantasy together! So it's looking pretty unrealistic! But if any such situation came about by any remote chance, then yes, we'd do it!"

Although its far from certain, its nice to know that Square Enix is keeping the idea in the back of their mind. Maybe in a couple years we'll get a FFVII remake, or maybe we wont. The real question to me however, is this. Why would you really want an FFVII remake? To me FFVII wasn't about the graphics, but rather about the awesome combat system and the fantastic story.
I think that FFVII has earned its place in gaming history a classic, and so people aren't expecting such an old game to compete with games of this generation as far as graphics go. What do you think?