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[Astarica]

There's reason to have a doom & gloom because there's a history of MMORPG companies grossly mismanaging their product. The next thing you know you may hear SE trying to resurrect Elvis to do voice acting for Thancred, or that they're using the profits from FF14 to make The FF: The Spirits Within 2. Blizzard pretty much used WoW's immense profitability to support other projects, which is why even though WoW is literally a license to print money you still hear WoW talks about how they need even more money to cover their expenses. There's no doubt FF14 is extremely profitable, but there's also no limit to human stupidity/greed that can easily wipe that profitability out.

[Abriael]

There's reason to have a doom & gloom because there's a history of MMORPG companies grossly mismanaging their product.

applying unrelated history to a different case is disingenuous.

but there's also no limit to human stupidity/greed that can easily wipe that profitability out.

I'm pretty sure Yoshida&Co know better about how to make a game profitable than some random people ranting on a forum.

[Xystic]

I'm pretty sure Yoshida&Co know better about how to make a game profitable than some random people ranting on a forum.

After reading countless threads a day. Yep, this sums it up pretty well lol.