Quote Originally Posted by Belial View Post
You do realize that Steam sells FFXI right?
LMAO

Quote Originally Posted by _C-a-e-r-i-t-h_ View Post
I know a lot of people who played FFXIV but don't have Steam accounts, and I know a lot more people who have Steam accounts but never played FFXIV. I know a lot of people who play some games but not others.
Anecdotal evidence is not strong evidence.

Quote Originally Posted by _C-a-e-r-i-t-h_ View Post
A recent poll of Pokemon players found that 97.3% of them love Pikachu. Does that mean S-E should add Pikachu to FFXIV? I mean, only 2.7% were undecided on their love of Pikachu. Get with the times, S-E!
This isn't a very good analogy. The point was that DX10/DX11 adoption among Steam users was at a fairly decent level, and that the general habits of Steam users and FF14 players most likely have a non-trivial level of overlap. Therefore, in lieu of the lack of hardware data from the people who are actually playing FF14 itself, using Steam data as a general indicator of gaming habits is a decent indicator.

Nobody is saying that Steam = FF14. Only you are saying that.


But wait! Perhaps there IS actual data about FF14 players we can draw on!

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...98e4034b898102

In the first players poll, 41.3% of players stated that the feature they find most appealing is the graphics.

Now, if they are gamers who like graphics, I really doubt that most of them are running around with crap GPUs.