Its a mixed bag. Now adays, we're seeing nothing but Final Fantasy coming out of the Square side. They've made over 20 games in the last 2 years with 'Final Fantasy' in the title, while not even producing (or publishing) a handful of other titles relating to Final Fantasy. Obviously, none of their major series are getting any new games aside from one new Front Mission and Mana game which hardly got any advertising or sales. And it seems they don't want any competition, outside or INSIDE, to come between their Final Fantasy name brand.
However the Enix side seems to be where their original titles are coming. And these are doing quite well. Especially the Dragon Quest works. Then you have Infinite Undiscovery, Star Ocean, The Last Remnant, and more on the way. Enix seems to be doing quite well with their Level-5 team up.
I hate to say it....but it really seems like Enix is holding up this company now. Both creatively and financially. The merger was just suppose to be a temporary fix to Square's financial problems, but Square has continued to be a one track mind. Nothing bunt 'FINAL FANTASY!!!!' In 5 years....no one is going to care. Especially if you make 10-15 games with the same name each year. That's worse than Mario, Sonic and DDR put together. And no fan, not matter how dedicated, can keep up with that.
And I find it Ironic that Square teamed up with Disney to make Kingdom Hearts because Disney is the one who did this in the Animation world.
Six upcoming games you should look into:
