Thoughts on what this "secret project" that Yoshi P is working on can be? New MMO?

[MorbolvampireQueen6]

i hope its a xi remaster

[Derio]

Considering it takes roughly 6 years to make a new MMO. I would just hope they were able to do a big graphical update with ffxiv.

But honestly I hope its ffxvi because yoshi did state that he wanted to do a high fantasy stand alone title. And ffxv did have multiplayer in it.

[Kytrin]

Considering it takes roughly 6 years to make a new MMO. I would just hope they were able to do a big graphical update with ffxiv.

But honestly I hope its ffxvi because yoshi did state that he wanted to do a high fantasy stand alone title. And ffxv did have multiplayer in it.

They may not be physically capable of doing a graphical update to FFXIV. We've heard for years about the godawful spaghetti code they had to build RR on from 1.0. At this point it may actually be easier and cheaper to start building out new code than attempt to tweak the current stuff beyond a certain point.

Mind, I'm not saying they're definitely doing this, or that it would be even soon, but we're clearly starting to reach the beginning of the climax of the overarching story, so looking ahead 4 or 6 years isn't implausible.

[Eldevern]

There's a reason that the most successful MMOs at present are as old as they are. ESO is probably the most recent, and it came out in 2014.

In fact Black Desert is december 2014 and TESO april 2014.

That said back to the topic.

I highly doubt any "big" MMO to be released before 2021. Many MMO have been released or updated between 2012 and 2016 and they are planned to last around ten years. Technically, we can expect new blue chip generation to be released around 2021 and with the Playstation 5 expected for 2020/2021, it doesn't sound unreasonable to think they will wait 2022/2023. All little announced MMO look awfully already old-fashioned (physics, graphics, animation Aion like, ArcheAge like).


And... considering the chinese market (there are few chineses MMO Neverwinter like) they probably want to know how this market evolve. Will mobile devour everything or will PC and game console last? One need to take the big risk, who will take the risk to get the answer? Tencent looks to me the best placed. Other question : what about the IA, there are still remaining question about who and when the first "IA chips" will appear one the market.

For me, since about two years I think about it, the best convergence year seems to be 2023.

[MsQi]

They may not be physically capable of doing a graphical update to FFXIV.

Good thing code isn't physical. Devs say this about all mmos.

[Kytrin]

Good thing code isn't physical. Devs say this about all mmos.

Lol smart butt. You know what I meant.

[DynnDiablos]

I doubt it is another MMO, although I would love an MMO set in the Chrono Trigger/Cross universe where you could hope through time and stuff. I am pretty sure the main story arc for FFXIV will wrap up in 6.0 and then beyond that who knows? I wouldn't be surprised if they had a plan for a new threat in 7.0 and beyond.

[CaptainLagbeard]

If it is a new MMO, I kind of doubt it'd be something that would compete with FF XI or XIV.


And just because it's Square-Enix, doesn't mean it has to be a Final Fantasy...

Dragon Quest recently got a new game, so it's likely out, but there's other fantasy series they have... Heck, The Last Remnant was a good game and I wouldn't mind a sequel...

[MsQi]

Lol smart butt. You know what I meant.

I am and proud of it Seriously it's said about every mmo: "the original game is so poorly designed, there are just way too many limitations, blah blah" yet somehow they muddle through and last for 10 or 20 years. What are we visiting the 2nd of 14 shards? Have we even seen the entirety of the world? This game can last 30 years if they want it to.

[Sagittarii]

My guess is a new online Final Fantasy game that has clothing, weapons and environments that look more like the world of Final Fantasy Tactics. Or at least that's what I hope.

SE definitely needs a new game built for the next gen consoles and PCs. FFXIV was designed for the PS3 and it's going to look even more dated when the PS5 comes out.