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[Reslin]

Just to make sure you didn't take my post as doubting FFXIV ARR.

I am disputing the quotee's claim of FF11 tanking SE. If anything FFXIV 1.0 is part of the reason SE is tanking. Along with the smash hit(to the junk) Spirits within movie.

Ah, alright. I agree. F11 is not tanking SE. 1.0 put them back by MILLIONS. It hurt them bad. Spirits within probably cost them quite a bit as well. Also they released certain games that also didn't pan out to their expectations either (for the cost to make them.) I doubt Square Enix will go under. My main point is that FF11 got easier over time and then they decided to make it even easier for 14. There's a reason for that and people claiming "This will kill the game." I don't think so.

P.S. To the person who claimed FF11's numbers were abysmally low.. 200,000-500,000 is not low. It's a pet peeve I have with many mmo players. To most 500,000 and below = Failure. Most companies aim to have a stable game at 250,000. FF11 was made with a budget and a goal to have 150,000 concurrent players. They got over 3 times that number. This game was made in mind to have a similar success to ff14. That means (I'm not speaking for the developers) there goal is probably to have 300,000-500,000 concurrent users. So far it would appear it's panning out. Too early to tell but right now the game is far exceeding their expectations.