Quote Originally Posted by Darrt View Post
Jaall you have a good point, however, they cannot just let FFXI fall to the wayside before FFXIV is cemented in as a viable MMO to spend time playing. The way FFXIV tanked when first released will certainly affect how it is received when ARR comes out, though i honestly hope that it succeeds. If it were to fail again, i imagine SE would be in quite a bit of financial trouble.
Alot of FFXI players want 14 to fail but if it did it would probably destroy FFXI mainly due to SE being in financial crisis. SE been putting 300~500+ people to work on the game alone and SE been using there own money to fund FFXIV, not the stock market cash.