I think a lot of us do not factor in the Asian side of P2P or P2W, I think with yoshi-p getting the china go ahead is a BIG plus for FFXIV. I'm not sure how successful the final fantasy series there but you have to think. Also the JP side of things, people forget that JP is maybe the one of the reason why XI is going so strong today.
I do think they should have a certain level trial for people who want to try out the game, and play it for a bit. ARR is a relaunch if not a launch of a new game. so for now we have to treat it that way.
