Final Fantasy 17: Will There Be One?
Final Fantasy 16 has finally been released, but what word is there of Final Fantasy 17? What does Square Enix have in store for the future of its flagship series, especially as the company has grown so big, has so many franchises under its belt (like Dragon Quest), and is facing more and more pressure to produce games with high production values?
The time between new releases for the mainline Final Fantasy series has drastically increased. It’s strange to think that there was only a ten-year gap between FF1 and FF7, especially with how different they were, thanks to the developing hardware of the era. The time between new releases has grown longer over time, with seven years between FF15 and FF16 and six years between FF15 and the original version of FF14. This is due to increasing development times, as Final Fantasy games have always had cutting-edge graphics, and the new hardware requires more man-hours now than it did in the SNES or PS1 era.
Related: Final Fantasy 16 Complete Game Guide – Stats, Quests, Characters & Eikons
Will There Be A Final Fantasy 17?Square Enix has yet to announce FF17, but it will almost certainly happen. Even if FF16 was a massive flop and didn’t recoup its costs, the Final Fantasy brand name is too strong to die. It’s more likely that the mainline series would be dormant while Square Enix reassessed its approach, but there’s no indication that FF16 has bombed. FF17 is guaranteed to happen, but it’s unclear how long it will take until it’s announced or released.
What’s more likely is that it’s going to take a long time before FF17 is released, regardless of how well FF16 performs. There is more to the Final Fantasy franchise than just the mainline games, as there is still the FF7 Remake
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