Actually taking a risk would have been the best move.

FF7 was a gigantic gamble on a genre, only Japan found interesting ans was niche at best everywhere else. Nobody had heard of Final Fantasy. It was because of FF7 that the earlierm were being sought out, after it's release. It's because of FF7, that you know about the series now. The gambled, they won.

They haven't gambled since though, just regurgitated. It be dull corporate boring print money, manager made, not enthusiast made soulless, true to the word, soulless shit Square has been putting out. They are still riding, that 1 wave they hit, when they hat talent 1995-2000
It's a zombie company.