SE should have already started on a new FF successor MMO years ago when they were still making money. Now they seem like they're going to go bankrupt in the near future and are stuck with the absolute ancient dogshit engine. They could have gotten everyone to move over to it too if they promised you could transfer your cosmetic wardrobe to the new game or something
Unfortunately Square Enix are actually run by actual braindead retards who thought NFTs, putting live service mechanics into everything and hopping onto game trends 5 years after everyone was bored of them was a good way to make money. Also they needed to publicly gut and cannibalise whoever greenlit Forspoken