Quote Originally Posted by SoloWingMetatron View Post
I feel the game will continue on for far longer than 6.0. MMO's generally last a long time and considering the popularity of FF14. I'd expect it to be around for as long as WoW. Even FF11 is still going. I think for them to end FF14 after 6.0 would be very premature. I could only see that being an actuality if SE felt the game was being held back too much by old systems (which arguably it is) In which case yeah. It would be simpler for them to build a new game from scratch to serve as a sequel to FF14.

I'd be perfectly happy with a totally new game though. For me personally. There're a number of things about FF14 that have become very stale and overdone. I feel these things are pushing me away from the game currently...but that could just be the fact we're currently in a dry spell for new content due to the pandemic. Hopefully this next patch will reinvigorate my desire to play regularly again.
I didn't mean that it would drop off the planet entirely, but more that they just don't give it the regular content updates anymore.

I could see it being a thing considering it's been on consoles ever since 2.0 and now that it's potentially going onto its third generation of consoles, it wouldn't be surprising if they wanted to update the game past PS3 era visuals, not to mention I could see them eager to abandon all of the code created for 1.0 that has held them back. Or it could just be that once Yoshida finishes telling the story that he had planned when Heavensward was over and Stormblood started that he either continues to tell more story, or passes the director role onto someone else. That's why I was saying that it's possible, but not certain, that they would move on to a new MMO after the 6.0 story concludes. Think of it compared to FFXI which had 5 expansion packs, the 6.0 could be argued to be the fifth expansion to the game, though they might go one more past that if you consider the revamped 2.0 to be less of an expansion.