Quote Originally Posted by Avoidy View Post
The moment a better game comes out though, they're in trouble.
This is true for every product. And smart companies understand this, and adopt a strategy of "cannibalization" --
using the revenues from their current successful product to develop the product that will replace it.

Which frankly is what I hope will happen with the FF franchise.
I don't want them to forever continue to patch and extend their decade-old game engine.
I don't want them to forever continue writing stories under the constraints of a decade of canon.
I want them to start from scratch and create a new FF MMOJRPG, a "17" to be to "14" what "14" was to "11."
And as with 11 and 14, I want them to keep the servers up for 14 when they do.