Reasons Why FFXI is Declining

[FrankReynolds]

So since they made 1 MMO, and are now making a second, you think they are going to do the exact same things with it? Also, this game has been around 11 years, not 5, if they do the same thing in a decade then fine, but ya know what, at least I will enjoy that decade probably, and when the time comes, Ill be complaining just like I do for FFXI, but at least I enjoyed the 11 years up to that point. Sorry but I refuse to think that FFXI must be a permanent example of how Square Enix will always do MMOs, for all we know FFXIV might not be stuck like FFXI, they might actually take it off PS3 when the console is to far behind to support it, that way it can continue to move forward. They could do it very differently than FFXI has been done, but if you give them no chance, you will only rob yourself of the potential experience. Now if this was their third or fourth, and it was a continued tradition for how they handled the games, then yes, I would understand, but since that's not the case, I completely disagree with how you see things.

You might have made a point, if they had stopped doing it here and then said "come to FFXIV, we won't do it there either...".

But they didn't. They continuously crap this game up and ignore the players. There is no reason to believe that they won't do it there either.

[Demon6324236]

You might have made a point, if they had stopped doing it here and then said "come to FFXIV, we won't do it there either...".

But they didn't. They continuously crap this game up and ignore the players. There is no reason to believe that they won't do it there either.

Same company but different teams, this is an old game with a crumbling player base & its not getting any younger/better with time, so I understand how they can continue to mess up this game, but I do expect them to make FFXIV good enough to be this games successor and in the end be a good game itself.

[FrankReynolds]

Same company but different teams, this is an old game with a crumbling player base & its not getting any younger/better with time, so I understand how they can continue to mess up this game, but I do expect them to make FFXIV good enough to be this games successor and in the end be a good game itself.

This game is crumbling as a direct result of their decisions. They chose to cut the budget. They chose to ignore the player base. For whatever reason they just decided that they would rather build a new game than keep the old one. There is a strong likelihood that they will make that decision again. I expect it to happen even faster next time.