SE dropped the ball

[EzraA]

It is effective, people google FFXIV and find the truth and do not buy the game, or resubscribe if they are returning players. This is actually the best way to deal with these jokers these days, keep backhanding them every time they make a poor game with a poor release and soon enough investors will not allow them to make these choices.

Money talks. Consumers spend it.

Too bad FFXIV:ARR is a game by SE which has no "investors" to answer too.
But if you honestly think that any MMO launch is going to be flawless, you are on a level of delusional that there is no coming back from.