Quote Originally Posted by guardin View Post
i think yoshi said 6.0 and when ps5 comes out they will either upgrade the graphics or create a new mmo. they already have yoshi on another big project so who knows? ff11 is still around and successful and i dont see why ff14 cant do the same. We will just have to wait and see. They do need a new engine because they cant even add hair to the beast race cause the engine wont run. So they have to decide whats better: new engine or new mmo
The problem with making a new MMO is that it would have to radically deviate from both XI and XIV, or you face the same issue Everquest and Everquest 2 had with a lot of the playerbase not wanting to abandon their progress and move over. Tanaka was even afraid of that when XIV was in very early development, which lead to dev time spent trying to find a way to port XI characters over in their entirety. I'd love it if Square were to be the pioneers that resurrect the genre, but I don't see the shareholders and upper management being on board with something that risky unless they just have that much faith in Yoshida.

I imagine they'll do some sizable engine updates now that they've cut some baggage loose, but not mid-expansion if only for legal reasons.