The problem is that they're spending too much money on making the FF games. They need to stop doing that and make a simpler game. Their focus on cinematic appeal and all style, no substance has hurt them severely for years now. Which is kind of funny considering they don't even need fancy graphics to have style in the first place.

Square Enix is literally too embarrassed to dial it back and make something simpler because they think they HAVE to make an overly cinematic game with action combat. It really wouldn't surprise me if FF17 never comes out after 16 didn't sell anywhere near the amount they wanted, and after porting it to both Xbox and PC, it still didn't recoup any costs.

After 7's remake trilogy is done, they're 100% going for a remake of another FF game because it'll be the safer play. And they're only going to finish the 7 trilogy because they basically have to at this point. They can't back out of that anymore.