Seems to me that FF is such a divisive series these days, there's just no way square is going to live up to all the expectations on the next one. There will be disappointed people regardless.
Maybe the best thing for square to do is to just take a break from FF development for a while. That way they can put the FF people on smaller projects where they aren't expected to make the game that square apparently failed to make for 15 years. And who knows, without the FF pressure on them, maybe they can actually make an interesting game.
It almost seems like to an extent they've been following your advice lately, but that probably just boils down to their absolutely ridiculous development cycles this past several years.
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