Quote Originally Posted by Henihhi View Post
FFXI never really got the respect it deserved from the get go due to lack of advertising etc. It is a shame because i do love this game, but SE has always treated it as third rate since the beginning, and games like WoW etc beat them to the mass advertising punch. It was never even advertised in my area, I only found it because a friend that worked at a game shop called me and asked if i wanted him to hold a copy for me when it was released because he knew i loved final fantasies.
Pretty much this. While it seems that it was advertised extremely heavily in Japan, it never really got any sort of mention at all in the US. Heck, we've had the occasional year without a Vanafest here. It's a real shame, considering NA players make up such a huge portion of the playerbase. EU players have it even worse, but there really aren't that many of them to be honest (which may have to do with lack of advertising, who knows).

While it's fairly late in the game's life to be spending money on advertising dollars, it is a shame that most people I know don't even know what FFXI is.