Quote Originally Posted by ChanceSkeleton View Post
Do people not understand the economics of MMO launches? Long story short, why spend x dollars just to cover the hardware needed for the initial spike of players when after 1 month, the numbers will settle into their long term bandwidth requirements? If they were to buy up the hardware required to have EVERYONE logged in at once, that server space and expense will be wasted once people quit. Yes, this blows balls. This is one of the many problems with this launch. Yes, it will drive away players, unfortunately. But it is a necessary evil.
This kind of thinking is why MMOs do not retain customers. Your first impression is your best and truly only impression. FFXIV was lucky enough to get a second chance at a first impression, and blew that one too.