Kai_Mao said:
Outside of FFVII Remake and maybe XV Royal, I don’t know if Sony will allow Square Enix to develop a mainline modern FF game on a Nintendo console, even if it’s as powerful as the rumors say it is.
Sony has heavily invested on the most recent FF games.
But I agree, Square needs to release some modern FF games on Switch 2. As much as XVI has been hyped up to the max, it’s selling fine, not exceptional, which I’m sure Square Enix was hoping for.
It was supposed to be their Monster Hunter World and Breath of the Wild moment. I know there’s a difference between first and third parties, but Zelda, a franchise long compared with Final Fantasy, managed to reinvent itself with Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom and sell more copies combined than arguably the entire franchise ever sold prior to BOTW. XVI should be aiming for 10-12 million LTD in the end. I’m not sure it it’ll come close. |
FF XVI imho severely lacks the scope and gameplay design to catapult them to MH World or BOTW level. It has no multi-player, it's not open world, don't have customization to engage players for a lot of time. It's basically a story driven action game, which Sony has a vast amount already
It's the same reason of why Resident Evil is likely not outselling Monster Hunter again
