Quote Originally Posted by Swordsman View Post
Risk vs. reward. Why would SE risk large amounts of capital on creating a new MMO which might not succeed when they can milk the current FFXIV playerbase for everything they're worth? All SE has to do is release a new glam or a mount and FFXIV players will be scrambling over each other to be the first ones to purchase it. No need for SE to make another MMO when they can already rake in the cash like this. TLDR: SE firmly believes in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
This is the current answer. FFXIV just saw the largest surge of players in its history this expansion. There is zero incentive whatsoever to invest in a new MMO that will likely cost hundreds of millions with no guarantee they'll convince the existing FFXIV playerbase to move over. Even announcing a new FF MMO basically signals to people that FFXIV won't see as much attention. So even on the off chance they are considering a third FF MMO, we're not going to hear a single word about it for at least another 5-6 years.