people are really coping with the "ff14 makes money thats being used for other stuff"

newsflash, thats how it works, always have. you make a successful product, you'll try to multiply that success, so you chop off some of the profits to try making a new product. Yoshida was member of the board of directors and had immense amount of power and authority at square enix for many years, ff16 is the only game that meaningfully took resources from 14 (actual developer time) and that was because of Yoshida's decision. And also ff16 turned out the way it did because of Yoshida's vision. He made the call to make the game focus on the big setpieces and minimize the rpg elements, and essentially develop a brand new engine instead of using UE or luminous.