Honestly, after XII, XIII, and XV all suffered from development hell due to being announced years before any of them actually started development, I find it refreshing SE is finally showing a smidgen of restraint with announcing a game too early. Granted, that because the VII Remake and KHIII are suffering from it but honestly, I feel that game is going to dwarf any excitement the announcement of XVI would cause. If they were smart, they would hopefully announce XVI closer to VII R's release and hopefully after XVI has already been in development for awhile. I'd rather not hear anything new than spend another seven to ten years waiting for a game SE is going to have to rush through development because they announced a title two years before it was ready for any real development.

As for what happens with the development side of things and where all this money is going to go, whose to say. Again, I would point out that XV, despite all the whining you hear on this forum and some of our personal opinions on it, did exceptionally well as all Final Fantasy games generally do. Also ifwhen VIIR does well, I'm pretty sure that will also mean that SE will see value in continuing console titles. They've honestly been pushing for more console titles this gen than they did last gen, so I feel its too soon to start saying the sky is falling.

Oh god I just realized I've become the new Bolivar...
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