I have a horrible,
completely irrational feeling FFXV might be the last big budget AAA FF.
I just don't know how this shitty organization can even attempt making another ambitious FF game without it taking a ridiculous amount of time.
As
EatinOlives pointed out a page or two back- they really haven't had a smooth mainline FF production since as far back as FFX. That was
2001.
Even with Wada gone I'm not filled with a lot of confidence regarding S-E upper management. I mean, was it a bad translation last year when they said they'd start being more transparent with FFXV's production and we'd get more frequent updates?
We haven't gotten shit in 12 months and if Kagari's information is accurate (I have no reason to believe it's not) we might not be getting anything for a few more months still.
These days it seems the real visionaries within the company are either swallowed up, handcuffed, or forced out. I can't think of many young, talented individuals within S-E that can carry the torch. They just don't seem to be grooming a lot of new talent- at least on the surface. Remember when Nomura was the young hotshot? He'll be 44 in October.
There was a creative culture within this company absolutely bursting at the seams creating new projects, new IPs, continuing old favorites, and had the respect of everyone in the industry. Fast-forward about 14 years and the situation is a night & day difference.
I believe, whenever it hits, that FFXV will be a big hit. It's hugely anticipated, it'll look outstanding, and it'll sell a lot of copies- but that said, Hashimoto (I think?) has already hinted at plans to make sequels to it. It's already being designed as possibly another 'trilogy', like XIII, and that just doesn't leave a good taste in my mouth after the past few years.
The whole thing just fucking bums me out.