The point I made was simply that XI boosts XIV player numbers and profits (which is 100% does), it has a sizeable playerbase comparable to games like EVE, Everquest, New World and many other medium sized mmorpgs. The only difference is that every XI player pays money, there are no free players here. The money it brings in is very substantial in this genre and any mmorpg would want to add it to their main product as a booster.

I'm not saying XIV isn't a successful game, I'm just saying it's not as successful as they wish it was and XI helps them appear bigger than they actually are.

They want to keep 11 running for a reason, and that reason is XIV.

Nothing you say about XI player numbers of whatever hurts my feelings at all and is meaningless, because I know what XI is. However I know any swipe at the size of your XIVmanhood cuts deep to your soul, because you are emotionally attached to the fictional PR storytime of what XIV is.

You have absorbed the fairlytale success story of XIV into your being to such a degree that saying it doesn't have millions of players is an personal attack on you as a person. Which is sad.