Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
No, just no. Don't even go there. FFXI was never anywhere near big enough to "hamstring FFXIV's success." They could spend a million or two on an advertising campaign or something else to boost the game and it wouldn't affect FFXIV at all. This is an absolutely absurd proposition.
False, especially considering they are practically considered the same entity under business reports. XI spending 2 million on advertising would have 0 affect on XIV? You can't be serious

Maybe you forgot that you alreaday covered it in your post, but they already tried that, and it didn't pan out, for reasons unknown.
So why bring it up? One example shouldn't be enough to stop suggesting they try it if they don't give a F about the game. I personally would hope they continue it but its increasingly obvious to me they don't care (Square Enix)

but it's absolutely ridiculous to imply that FFXI had to suffer for FFXIV to succeed.
No it isn't, and its a fact.