Saying Final Fantasy is dead is a joke. FFXIV:ARR is the most successful MMO since WoW and Eve Online garnering close to 2 million players (which is actually gigantic for profits). SE is profiting nearly a billion $ a year if ARR stays big even if they flop other games.
So Final Fantasy isn't even close to dead, also JRPG's have been making a comeback so I am not sure what rock you are living under...
Western RPG's are actually the ones failing lately, only big name Open World Western RPG's have seen success.







