Square Enix executive producer and NieR series producer Yosuke Saito commented on NieR 15th anniversary plans for 2025 in the 4Gamer year-end feature. According to Saito, Square Enix would like to do something for the NieR 15th anniversary, which could potentially involve a sequel title.
Final Weapon staff writer Ryuji translated Saito’s comments on the NieR series, which can be read below:
“2025 marks the 15th anniversary of the NieR series, so we would like to do something! But what should we do? Maybe a sequel title? Or maybe something like this… well, I can already hear you all saying it, but this is a tough decision…. However, I hope you will be patient with me, because I will not be able to be directly involved as a producer for much longer.”
It’s worth noting that this doesn’t confirm that a new NieR game is in development, however. At the very least, Saito’s comments show that the NieR franchise is still on the minds of those at Square Enix, so it remains to be seen what’s next.
This week, Square Enix announced that NieR: Automata surpassed 9 million copies sold worldwide. The sales update includes digital copies sold and physical shipments across multiple platforms worldwide. The previous sales update for NieR: Automata came in February 2024, with 8 million copies sold at the time. One million copies were sold between February and December this year.
NieR: Automata is available now for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. All 24 episodes of the NieR: Automata Ver1.1a anime series are available now to stream on Crunchyroll.
