Classic Server

[Seish]

Not really no. Your latter post contradicts the former. This game already has the hardware support, as it was a dev outspoken requirement if this game would be supported to 2021. Now that they have it, no hardware limitations that would have existed are no longer a constraint. They have all the resources there for it and without cost. As far as the fracturing that you keep venturing into, that's not valid either. Players can have both a 99 character and a classic one. If anything, that's an extra dollar for current players in SE's pocket on top of the 13 dollars a month for every returning character.

As far as it fizzling away is concerned, Ninja said that if a classic FFXI were released he'd play it 17 hours a day in a tweet a year ago with a plethora of likes and replies supporting his comment. And we know whatever Ninja does or goes, his huge following will follow. So it seems to me there is this opportunity and more so if SE were to sponsor this man to play. Now, I will then get into your last point that this game is stagnant on player growth and unless something drastic is done we will not be able to continue unless something is done. And while content may be a concern--though we won't know til after proposed classic comes out--the greater concern is to give fans of the game what they want and to increase revenue. That way, both classic players and current players like us will be able to enjoy it.