Quote Originally Posted by radar View Post
That's not actually what he said, he said the game was going to go into maintenance mode in 2024 (they even said that) and they changed their mind after seeing players support.
Yep you're correct.

Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
Obviously not only did that not happen but there are still content updates planned. So why bother with this?

Also, see above post. they didn't use the words "shut down." Screenrant is notorious for clickbaity articles that misrepresent whats actually happening.
Yep you're correct also.

To your question, if you read what I said, the reason I bother with this is to point out that FFXI (and FFXII) are the only RPG's that SE has released, and are the only games that can draw me back into what is supposed to be a RPG series. In my opinion.

So to repeat myself, if FFXI ever shutdown, for any reason I would officially not be a fan of the Final Fantasy franchise, as I am a fan of RPG games and I do not consider Final Fantasy XIII, XIV, XV and XVI to be RPG"s.

I don't even consider FF16 to be a video game at all.