Swan Song of Vana'diel; ~Why I Won't Play the Mobile Native App~

[Shirai]

Not quite actually. Even in its 1.0 form XIV was a vastly different game from FFXI.
The huge mistake they made with XIV 1.0 was completely ignoring the huge amount of beta testers telling them to wait a few months and to actually develop some content for it, but they decided to release the game in a state far from ready for commercial release.

That said, I don't hate FFXIV. I've even played it for a couple of months, but it simply isn't a game I feel at home in.