Quote Originally Posted by Castanica View Post
They won't do this for many reasons.
All of what you just took the time to say is a load of crap and excuses. If other MMORPGs that are equal to the support FFXI has with subscribers, namely EQ for example, can do a graphical upgrade, so can SE.

You and SE both can stop making excuses to yourselves why it's "not viable". You make the time and effort to facelift your aging MMOs to prolong their lifespan with the current population. Period. The age of adding new subs on a regular basis is gone. It's done been time for what I call "maintain the sub base" mode. If you skip out on that you're just milking the cow until it is dry, and frankly you deserve to have your MMO die off sooner than later if that's your take on it's existence, and ten years later you're answering interview questions about what you regret about letting FFXI die and not letting those mistakes happen again with 'FFwhatever Online' you start talking about "if only we cared more and did a graphical upgrade sooner than not at all..."

But as far as not doing it because of FFXIV, that's silly. A subscriber is a subscriber. They don't care what game you are paying for to play. And don't even get me started on the BS that is charging us the same price they did over a decade ago but with about 30 times less support for the game which is a load of crap. The least they can do is give us a graphical upgrade.