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Yet FFXI was a successful MMO for a very long time with huge lockouts for gimps.

FFXI is about as inconsequential and obscure as MMOs get nowadays. These forums (and ffxiah.com) are a great indication of just how dead this game is, as you can find threads days/weeks old on the front page, whereas you would be hard-pressed to find a thread you read an hour ago on the WoW/Diablo III forums, for instance, because forums topics move fast when you have a large and lively playerbase. Even at its peak, FFXI didn't revolutionize MMOs like WoW did and it's numbers cannot even begin to matter. This game has been SE's best money-maker not because it's amazing or popular (by MMO standards), but because it has been running for 11+ years and has a subscription model.

Edit disclaimer: I love the game and will play it until I stop having fun, but someone needed to point these fact out. I have nothing against FFXI or I wouldn't be here