The Anarchyz on 07 June 2009
I think they're doing something similar to the PS2 era: FFX, FFX-2, FFXII as JRPGs, and FFXI as an MMORPG... This time they're doing FFXIII, FFvsXIII and possibly FFXV (i think 2012) as JRPGs and FFXIV as MMORPG...
The difference between this era and the PS2 one is that a hard drive and a strong online service were not default on the PS2 (and of course, online was famous only on PC, at least until Halo on Xbox), that limited the market for this game a lot... Now it's different, every PS3 comes with a hard drive and PSN and online multiplayer is practically a must now, this game could push MMORPGs on consoles like Halo pushed FPSs on consoles, we'll now when it comes out...
