Why do people disliked modern Square Enix?

[Scruffington]

It's not illogical to criticize them for failing to make new main entries in under 10 years when it takes them 10 years to make a mainline entry. That totally different teams produced some slapdash sequels in shorter amounts of time is irrelevant to that. It's also not relevant when you hate the game the sequels are based on leaving you completely disinterested in said sequels.

And it's worth keeping in mind that almost no developer takes 10 years to make a game even now. That's 100% pure bred Squenix right there.

1. It hasn't taken them 10 years to make a new mainline entry in the post-Final Fantasy X era.

-> FF12 started development in late 2000, and released in 2006-2007. That's about 5-5.5 years of development time.
-> FF13 started development in early 2004, and released around 2009-2010. That's about 5-5.5 years of development time, give or take.
-> FF14 (the original release) started development in 2005, and released in 2010. That's about 4-5 years of development time.
-> FF14: A Realm Reborn started development in 2011, and it released in 2013. That's about 2 years of development time, which is an impressive turnaround.
-> FF Versus XIII began development in 2006, but that game never saw the light of day. Instead, we got:
-> FF15, which technically began development around 2012-2013 when Tabata took over the project. It released in 2016, so it took about 4 years of development time from when Tabata took over.

2. The original comment I was replying to was talking about AAA games getting sequels within a few years.

-> Pointing out that Square Enix has produced multiple sequels to their AAA Final Fantasy titles is very relevant to the original comment I was responding to.
-> Referring to them as "slapdash" sequels is both dismissive and false, considering sequels such as Final Fantasy XIII-2 introduce a breadth of entirely new content and mechanics.

3. You being disinterested in the original game and the sequels doesn't in any way dismiss my points.

-> You're well within your rights to dislike Square Enix Final Fantasy titles, but they have definitely demonstrated that they can produce both mainline titles and sequels to said mainline titles within a reasonable timeframe.

4. You're right. And Square Enix is one of those developers that does not take 10 years to make a new game.