So this post kinda went under the radar in the 8 million sales milestone thread:
Thanks to SanTheSly sharing this tidbit, it seems like we can say that Nier 3 development might finally be under way to some extent.
Anecdote from the NieR London concert but Yoko Taro took the stage at the end, told the audience that the Square Enix president was in the crowd and that if we wanted an Automata sequel to give the loudest applause of the night.
The room immediately erupted into claps, cheers and yells.
How much of what Taro said is true is up for debate but the case was made abundantly clear in person to Taro himself, at the very least.
Mild concert content spoilers:
Also at one point during the story of the show; the word REPENT was shown repeatedly as part of some dialogue. The final instance was spelled as R3PENT. Both me and the person I'd gone with picked up on it and wondered if this was a tease
Thanks to SanTheSly sharing this tidbit, it seems like we can say that Nier 3 development might finally be under way to some extent.