Well I think it's a given that there are "a lot" of people involved in videogames. But I think whenever someone around here mentions the word developers, we're just thinking of the hand full of people that are responsible for what we get, and not so much everyone involved in getting what we get to us. Basically the bare bones of it all. But do remember SE has mentioned that FFXI has a small crew and they work "overtime" to do their jobs.

In regards to those people, I very much appreciate the work that they do. Whenever I talk smack my guns are pretty much aimed straight at the people in charge. Leaders are held responsible for success and failure. And the leaders at SE have many black marks in the MMO 'verse as far as I am concerned. Too much "we know what WE want/we know what's best for you" and not enough "we want to know what YOU want/what you say is best for you". Their worst mistake - treating MMOs like they're offline games and not listening to what their paying customers want. I guess it's a rough ride for any newbie to get into a new market but there's not many excuses to be had when your second MMO flops because you didn't learn anything the first time around and decided you wanted to reinvent the wheel.