I'm not saying to throw tens of millions of dollars a year into the game, this is saying to hire an engineer / coder to work on the game to do the things I stated specifically. Working on the engine, to actually push the game forward and remove the 56k cap. One dedicated coder can do a lot to improve XI, because it's an old game and not overly complex. So one person can do a lot.

Right now everyone working on XI is making content, and working at max capacity. There needs to be someone assigned to work on low level things to future proof the game and ensure it keeps running past new versions of windows etc.

Every bastketball player doesn't need to be michael jordon to be worth investing in. Invest in success, because not only are XI players loyal and give a lot of money to the company (and most will still be here 7 years from now) but they also buy their other games. If alienated, they will be less likely to do that.

Square have had a long list of failures, they need to fortify and build up proven success stories with loyal communities and that are going to last a long time to come.

XI needs a dedicated coder assigned to it, the position it's been in for many years is very precarious because they only hire the bare minimum people to keep it printing money and they need to go more than that, to ensure it's stable for the future.

Dragonquest 10 gets more support than XI does and it's far smaller, that's wrong.