FF11's growth limited due to FF14?

[geekgirl101]

I dunno SE's reason for making a new MMO that's basically a more modern clone of FFXI. WoW wanted to revamp their game to create a new game without losing its players, since WoW is primarily on PC's it's very easy to make a new patch that takes full advantage of the latest graphics cards, so they remade the land and thus created a new game out of the old one to give a new flavor for its veteran players. FFXI can't go down that road since it was primarily designed for the PS2, and the problem with consoles is that they get obsolete and aren't upgradeable like a PC. The PS2 has its limits, so revamping the game to work well on both the PS2 and PS3 without looking like some 10 year old outdated game is not possible. I suspect that is why SE decided on making FFXIV, the game FFXI would've been had PS2 been compatible with PS3 technology. Unfortunately the guy in charge of FFXIV didn't make a very good job of it. :P That's probably reason why FFXIV didn't get as much advertising as FFXI did, it's very broken and to advertise it in its current state would be a disaster for SE.