'Final Fantasy XV' will not be getting a sequel.
Final Fantasy XV screenshot
Despite the huge popularity of the open world action role-playing video game since its release last year, developers at Square Enix have said its incredibly unlikely that a sequel will be made, with the company instead focusing on smaller expansions to the existing game.
Game director Hajime Tabata said that developing a sequel doesn't match up to what Square Enix have in mind for the game, and insisted smaller expansions were a better idea as it means more content for players in a quicker amount of time.
He said: "If you do that full sequel model of expanding on an IP or a series, it's good in certain ways. The negative of that is there's a very large open period where you're not releasing anything. In that period, you get people to move away, and their attachment to the franchise dissipates a little bit."
And Square Enix have already got to work on their newest expansion, which will see a multiplayer mode added to the game.
Hajime told Polygon.com of the multiplayer mode: "What we're trying to do with that is to depict [the] missing 10 years of history right at the end of the story. If we had tried to do that as a traditional, full-scale sequel, that would have been very difficult, but it works really well in [keeping] that continued relationship with fans."
Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that only a third of players managed to complete 'Final Fantasy XV' within the first month of its release.
Hajime said: "There's a certain metric we use to judge success. After one month from the game's release, how many players had completed the game, seen the ending, was actually very low. Only 30 per cent one month after."