Four main series game, a spin-off taken down from steam, and yet we have another game coming out from Scott Cawthon, this time with extra sp00k or something like that I guess... all his trailers are pretty much the same ordeal, using big words in fancy font packs you can buy for a few bucks.

Anyway, I am not really that surprised. I think everyone and their mother expected another FNaF game to release. I am not going to harp on whether this game series has become repetitive or not, because I enjoy my fair share of practically reskinned games. Even though I do play games in a series of little to no difference from title to title, I still can enjoy them as a retelling of the story, or a reinterpretation of a game. I mean, it's obvious Mario hasn't had variety in the overall goal of the game in ages, but each different Mario platforming title has a different flavoring to it, I would say. Hell, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is one of my favorite series of video games of all time, if not my absolute favorite, but even then I feel like every game in the series has variety, and a new tint of color to it that feels fresh and distinct from the other games that follow along with it.

Why fix what isn't broken. I can agree with that statement, but I feel like our good ol' friend Scott Cawthon has taken it a little bit too literally. With another FNaF game coming soon, I can;t even say I am angry, more being just overwhelmed that it hasn't faded into obscurity by now. I ask myself "why do we have to have another FNaF game" to myself about every time I see a new preciois reveal. 

I am not going to lie, FNaF World was the best decision Scott has come up with so far in my opinion, just because he takes an idea an not makes a spin-off game, he makes a complete turn-around with no horror aspects at all. It's odd, and even though I wouldn't play worth any of my time to it, I can appreciate the fact that it is fresh. 

I also strongly enjoyed the first FNaF game, and hell, even the second one was pretty good. By the third, I already felt that the idea was milked dry and it was time to move on, and hearing about a fourth game made me fall from my seat. Although now, I am not surprised any more.

The people who are defending Scott as a game developer is disgraceful to indie gaming. You are telling me it is wrong for Activision to pump out Call of Duty after Call of Duty, release a bunch of money-grabbing skylanders games every year, for EA to release a game for just about every sport known to man again and again on a yearly basis, but if an Indie developer can release an average of 3 games a year that it is okay? 

When an indie dev does it, of course it's fine, but if a big-budget company does it, they revolve around money and are fresh out of ideas. That is the most backwards logic I have ever heard.

Scott, sit down for a year, make something special, and pursue in something you want to do. This is unethical for any developer to do. Their is not one thing you or any fan of FNaF could say to persuade me in ever respecting the title any more.

I would also like to feature this glorious youtube comment by the amazing Fledbeast578. "And nobody mentions final fantasy making another game or fire emblem making another game or assassins creed making another game or cod making another game."

I am kinda disappointed myself that the dev is making another FNAF game. Sure, he can keep going this way, and hey, if it puts bread on the table, that's what you gotta do, but I hope he can eventually break free from this and make something new and unique. I think it would be pretty great if he did that.

The problem is he never intended for this to happen. He made the first game and it somehow exploded.

Scott should have been smart and polished the games up
I guess he realized his Fandom would die out if he actually spent time on the game and worked on it, so he worked as quick as he can.

A disappointment honestly. Insults indie developers who actually create games without milking

You can only apply Assassin's creed. Before they chose to stop making annial releases, the games were always released buggy and unfinished.

As for long running series, I won't care much as long as the games bring something new to the table. Look at pokemon. The metagame continues to grow, which keeps me interested. In mario, levels will always be innovative, which keeps me interested.

But for FNAF, what does it bring that keeps you interested? New animationics? New gameplay? They get repetitive after the third night when all you do is a pattern for the entire night.

Scott has potential. He truly does. I feel bad that his Fandom is horrible and impatient. If he spent time on a game, I think he can make another gem.

"I'll only make another one if there's something valuable to add, guys!"

"This is the final FNAF for cereal, guys!"

This is why he does it:

Five Nights at Freddy's (Aug 19, 2014): 790,000 owners on Steam * $5 = $4.0 million in revenue
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (Nov 10, 2014): 424,000 owners on Steam * $8 = $3.4 million in revenue
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (Mar 2, 2015): 266,000 owners on Steam * $8 = $2.1 million in revenue
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 (Jul 23, 2015): 222,000 owners on Steam * $8 = $1.8 million in revenue

Considering Scott Cawthon makes these games all by himself, they're a literal goldmine for him.

They can support Scott's entire family for the rest of his life if he keeps tapping the wall until it officially runs dry....that's why he's back instead of preserving artistic integrity and ending it like he should.

Then don't buy it?  Calling anything like that "unethical" is so silly that it's an insult to anything that's actually unethical.

"You are telling me it is wrong for Activision to pump out Call of Duty after Call of Duty, release a bunch of money-grabbing skylanders games every year, for EA to release a game for just about every sport known to man again and again on a yearly basis, but if an Indie developer can release an average of 3 games a year that it is okay?"

Also, who are you talking to? 

How is Final Fantasy in the same boat as those franchises??

It's the one franchise that does the complete opposite by changing the formula with every new entry, for better or worse.

If he wants to make it, he can. You don't have any right to tell him not to make it. If it makes him profit, why NOT make it? Thats the best defense. People want money and theyll do things to make it -in his case, make FNAF games.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say I don't think we are missing out on an industry mastermind here.