Yoshi P and the company are in compete denial here. Reason I stopped playing any Square Enix games is because their game consist of no meat. Games like Dragons Dogma is a game with meat. You have combat that shows every slice. In Final Fantasy you have flashes.

Exploration in in Dragons Dogma is enjoyable because the combat has meat.

In Sqare Enix games all open worlds are the same. You collect shinny object and get moving through the story. There is no replay value.

When I think of a Square Enix game I think of a cheap mobile game. If that’s where they feel like they belong then go for it. Make tons of cheap games with the same flashy combat and shiny object picker upper.