I agree with everything Shoeberto says, but I just wanted to add that at least with something like Final Fantasy the definition of the series allows it to take risks and be something different to its predecessor. I think perhaps along with restructuring and implementing an efficient pipeline, that Square realise thier in a position to stretch what Final Fantasy is and could be within each iteration. Or at least I hope.

I just came across a good article, that whilst more focused on mobile games I think rings true for the entire industry and is related to large publishers needing to take more risk than they are currently.

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