Square Enix, it's time to come clean about your plans for the future

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Originally Posted by Alicie

FF17 will not work like FF14. People are not ready to just forfeir their characters, progress, items, houses, and jump into new MMO knowing that previous did not end well.

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It's not even the "did not end well" part. People would be reluctant to jump over to a new MMO regardless of FF14 state.

There are plenty of people who stayed with WoW for two decades through the thick of it - it's not like they didn't have their "it's looking bad" moments. Attachment to the community, friends and characters mean a lot. And new game is a new game, regardless how good or bad the predecessor was.