VXIII said:
In 2011 a producer in SE has stated that FF franchise could turn into an aRPG in the future. In the interview he stated that aRPGs are becoming more popular in the market and turn-based are getting smaller. If XV turned out to be a big success by SE standard, don't be surprised if they keep the franchise action-based. http://m.edge-online.com/news/final-fantasy-xv-could-be-action-rpg |
I wouldn't be surprised but I'm confident each entry will find gameplay style fitting for the director and their ambitions. Like I didn't think we would see non seamless combat arena's after XII but we did. I have no faith that they would ever go back to ps1 era of turn based combat.