FFXIV has a lot of the same thing, chocobo leveling, chocobo racing / breeding, minion / mount collecting, minion battles, triple traid, gold saucer minigames, gardening, house/room decorating. Both games have a lot of side mini games so what is your point?
Is there some reason why you can't like both games ? There seems to be a lot of FFXI only players who hate on FFXIV but if you spend some time playing it you can find a lot of stuff to do in it.