Endwalker and Beards

[Fukuro]

I highly doubt it, i think for new engine they would have to redo the game which is very costly.

And i think your forgetting those Final Fantasy mobile titles, they make a good chunk of money too. Only reason why xiv is most profitable is because its tied to a monthly subscription, mog station and expansions


Other Final Fantasy games dont have that option


I really think they should just make a new ff mmo imo, probably with a better battle system too

I wasn’t talking about a whole new engine either, just tweaking the one it already uses.
The main reason ff14 is so profitable is because even with it‘s flaws it‘s a really good game with devs that genuinely care about its player base.
Ff14 1.0 was also subscription based, did it fare well? It was a disaster from a financial standpoint, which resulted in reworking the actual game, rather than move on to another ff title.
I just don‘t see them creating a whole new mmo, when they just could tweak the current engine we have now.

Just a tidbit of an interview:

Yoshida explained that the (engine)update isn’t happening right now either because he wanted to focus more on the actual gameplay and story with Endwalker, which is supposed to be the conclusion to the game’s ongoing narrative arc, and the setup for a new one for its future. That said, Yoshida also says work on the graphics engine update will begin eventually.

source: https://www.google.ch/amp/s/gamingbo...ne-someday/amp

If the new mmo would cover a different genre, than maybe a future mmo could be in the pipeline. As long as it would compete with 14 i dont really see it happening.