server suspension

Do you think that this suspension will lower the population total of the Game?.

What I want to say is there are surely people who sought an excuse to go play rift(or other) and which will surely not return. For my part Iv chose dragon Age 2 while waiting for the reopening of the Server, its spend time well. and I would not remain hung because I almost already finished and I like FF14 better but considering the Sever are closed and that the suspension will be prolonged to the 22 and surely even longer I do not know any more what I will play.

But anyway, is a details. It always remains: household, bars and chocolate:)

Shutting down the servers definitely won't bring more players, that's for sure.

It probably will decrease the player base in the short run. But I think a lot of people who temporarily switch will come back to see the new changes, or when they finish their new games.

But, I think it's kind of a moot point, since I don't think SE really had a choice. The alternative would have been to leave the servers up and disregard the warnings from the power company and the needs of many Japanese people who needed power for more vital reasons than our addictions. I know that I, for one, would be hesitant to support a company that had gone that route and I think that there are others that would feel the same way. I think they made the right decision and I'll go enjoy some old console games for the next week or two while I'm waiting for XIV to come back up.