Stop the presses! Who would have ever thought Fomsoft would make sequel? The game has only sold a measly 23 Million copies so far.
I really just hope they are taking all that cheddar and have been investing in a new engine (or are just adopting UE5). The amount of technical debt in the current one has to be massive at this point. AC6 shows they are still making improvements, but that game should run way better for the graphical fidelity it's pushing, not too sure how much they can squeeze out of it at this point. Anything is possible however.
Also, Elden Ring could have been called Dark Souls 4 and no one would have bat an eye. Even if Elden Ring 2 is called something else, it's all been "Souls" since Demons Souls came out, as far as the game DNA is concerned. Slight changes to the formula and title schemes aren't fooling me, haha, long as they keep making them I'll keep buying them.
Miyazaki certainly will have less hands on time with each game FromSoft makes as they continue to grow as a company as well. Even if he's tired of the Souls formula, they're no way they aren't going to keep making them along side whatever else they are cooking up.