Needs a third option, take a look at their old games and do something with that spirit, not necessarily pixel art either.
I grew tired *current anime trends*, black clothes, belts and gunblades decades ago.
FF7 remake is the best thing they've done since FF5.
Do new things that follow FF7's scifi+fantasy world route and it's action+classicrpg battle system, FF16 looks pretty bland in comparison.