When you get the CxO's involved the idea of porting FFXI to a new platform gets shot down quickly. As someone earlier said, it's all about money. I am curious though how many players WOULD return if they found out FFXI was being rewritten from the ground up on new technology with minimal limitations.

IMHO FFXIV SHOULD HAVE been that game. Creating a new world/storyline I think was a mistake. Especially when you try and morph current races into new ones and just slap a new name on them. I weep for my Tarutaru becoming a Lalafell or whatever. They are twice as tall and half as cute.