I'm a bit pessimistic about SE due to their recent years but I hope Project Athia and FF16 have something to say.
Really? I am the complete opposite lol
FFXV was "fine", but it didn't make me loathe it and I still look back at it fondly
NieR: Automata is one of my top 10 games of the gen
DQXI was a solid ass title giving fans of VIII what they wanted for a long time, I personally will not look back at it fondly but it still was a good game and a solid base for future HD DQ titles
KHIII was again just "fine" but it finally came out and it still was a game with its shit together despite being lackluster
Lots of FF ports showing a great deal of interest of preserving the legacy
The Mana ports and Remake where a nice addition and a good bone to throw to their fans, same goes for Saga
FFXIV is so interesting right now
FFVII R was amazing to me, despite some obviously debatable choices, and an overall success
Like, compared to the 2008-2015 period it's a hell of an improvement.
Sure, the quality of many of the single games might be up for debate and personal tastes, but they have clearly shown efforts in turning their ship around and consolidating their teams, visions and goals.
Now they have: better structured environment, a solid knowledge of UE for incoming projects, Luminous in the works which contrary to many I hope they iron out in a solid engine and use it for all their future games some time after next gen, better understanding of their strenghts, a more varied line-up of high profile developers than previous gen.
And by looking at the upcoming line-up, there is a huge diversity and range of budgets: Athia, FFVII R-2, NieR Remake, Babylon Fall, Bravely Default 2, more XIV content, Avengers, Balan Wonderland, DQXII, DQ Infinite Whatever, Crystal Chronicles and XI Mobile.
On top of that there is all the unannounced: FFXVI, KH4(?), Ni3R, an unannounced Action game (unless cancelled), and I'm sure something else is missing.
That is some serious meat right there.
If they manage to maintain the dates, deliver some quality titles (as in: not shit games) and not F up with their dev hell or bad marketing campaings, their next-gen will be on a roll.
Well they did make that type 0 mobile game, so they did so in a fashion, lol.
Oh yeah right.
I was just watching some Avengers videos and though "Why didn't they just do this with Type-0?".