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It's been made very clear the reason why things are the way they are, and even though everyone belives what you said, it's not the truth. XI would still be running into a development tool problem now whether or not XIV ever existed. And even before FFXI was released, they didn't expect it to stay strong as long as it did (Why would they think so? Few games last this many years no matter how good they are). I refuse to believe the conspiracy theories. I've even seen people claim Abyssea was a deliberate attempt to kill the game, and that's one of the most absurd arguments I've ever heard. If they wanted to just kill it, they would have simply done so.
This simply is not true. They stated in the translation of their event in March that they would not want to recreate FFXI on PC (which is why they are going mobile) because it would cannibalize its own subscribers from their other two MMOs (Dragon Quest online and FFXIV.) If those games didn't exist (specifically XIV) they would have invested in making FFXI for PC or at the least they would do what they are doing now with Nexons but with PC instead of mobile.