A SE Revenue report sugguests big things are to be expected next fiscal year. Read the full thing here if anyone still cares
Release likely in holiday season 2019 more info before E3. : FFVIIRemake

Summary:
SE is consolidating their 11 divisions down to 4. Reasons for which are speculated as being due to poor results for their mobile gaming sector and lack of resources to their console sector which has resulted in long delays and lower levels of overall quality to their console releases, namely Final Fantasy. FF7R is having an event (perhaps similar to ff15 uncovered) and will announce a release date either late 2019 or early 2020 to coincide with anticipated 50 billion yen profit margins for Q3 2020.

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