That is a very good question!
I think that Squaresoft's merging with Enix may have spelt the end of both Squaresoft's 'Final Fantasy' series and Enix's 'Dragonquest' (Dragon Warrior) series. The reason I think this is that while both companies have produced some excellent games, it was that competition which kept them doing their best work. Now that the two have become one, they don't need to produce the best games to dominate the market. In orther words, they could simply produce a crappy game, slap the 'Final Fantasy' label on it, and folks will still buy it. I hope I'm wrong!