FFXI REMASTERED! Do eeeet!

[Pixela]

Then remove XIV from steam, since XI has more player numbers than XIV does on Steam. If one matters they both do.

The problem is you idolize XIV in a way even I don't with XI. You think it's the king of the world when it's not at all, it has decent player numbers but they are nowhere near market leader and they inflate player numbers by counting during free access times and by adding XI numbers onto it. They very much need XI to boost player numbers and profits and that is the real reason XI will not be shut down, they need it. Fun fact, this is also why XIV became "the most profitable FF game", because a) they stopped counting profits XI makes as its own product long ago when they merged playonline accounts with the ff14 account system (it has never been counted on any financial report since the accounts merged) and b) because they add all the profits XI makes onto XIV.

You know how I know XIV is nowhere near as big as they pretend it is? they never give expansion sales numbers, because this would be a guaranteed number of active players and they can't lose face by exposing them.

XI is part of XIV operations, the same staff work on both (this would never happen unless they are in the same product line), the XIV developers can use any assets they want from XI any time they want that is normally impossible for other square enix games and takes months of clearances from project leads, xi is never mentioned on any financial report (even though smaller games are), yoshida stated tanaka gave him xi, the money when paid intro crysta goes to XIV. Everything XI achieves, is counted towards XIV to make it look better.

In a way this is good becasue it means they will keep XI running as long as possible, it also means they won't do above and beyond the bare min though.

Square struggled for years to make us play XIV and failed, they finally found a way. They just pretend we are FFXIV players and it just works.