An Open letter to SE & Yoshi-P

[Alhanelem]

Time to close the open letter, as they've never accomplished anything anywhere on the Internet.

SE have had a lot more time with XIV.

Not really. I think you're forgetting that they virtually started over and rebuilt from scratch, only retaining some of the assets as they rebuilt the engine and almost the entire world save the main cities- in other words, 1.0 doesn't really count. It's highly likely by the 1 year anniversary we'll at least have had the first expansion announced, which would be on par with XI and every other MMO out there.

[Royze]

Time to close the open letter, as they've never accomplished anything anywhere on the Internet.

Not really. I think you're forgetting that they virtually started over and rebuilt from scratch, only retaining some of the assets as they rebuilt the engine and almost the entire world save the main cities- in other words, 1.0 doesn't really count.
It's highly likely by the 1 year anniversary we'll at least have had the first expansion announced, which would be on par with XI and every other MMO out there.

The changes from 1.0 to ARR were cosmetic. Not a big job. Of course SE wants to play it up as being something bigger than it was. It was a scale down and mostly migration of existing source onto other platforms. This has nothing to do with content. The content is run by a complete different team than the Tech experts.
1.0 Does indeed count. We still have the same cities, the same jobs, armor, graphics (be it a scaled down version) music, characters, story remnants. 2.0 is not a complete reboot. Its more like a reskin than a complete reboot. So it does count.

Final Fantasy XI release date: May 16, 2002
Rise of the Zilart release date: April 17, 2003 [11 months]
Chains of Promathia release date September 22, 2004 [30 Months]

Final Fantasy XIV release date: September 30, 2010 - November 11, 2012 [25 months]
Final Fantasy XIV ARR release date:August 27, 2013. [35 Months] + the 5 months it has been live for total of 40 MONTHS!

When you compare the amount of content released in both RoZ and CoP in comparison to FFXIV/ARR and note that FFXIV has had longer to deliver, its clear just what a let down this game continues to be in comparison to the largely successful XI.