Quote Originally Posted by Wolfie View Post
Oh please, WOW's launch was far from failure. It had server stability issues for two months tops, and that's about it. Everything else went by very smooth and it had enough content and non-s***ty features to keep people around. FFXIV had and still has nothing.
Quote Originally Posted by Radaghast View Post
WoW recovered based on it's gameplay. Servers were unstable because they didn't expect such a huge demand or that the game would become that popular. People can forgive things like that if the game is fun to play. This game isn't.
Quote Originally Posted by Joeking View Post
They had this issue because so many people wanted to play, and they weren't expecting so many players...

XIV on the hand has some issues but not so many people want to play... >.>...
People being unable to play the game is pretty much the definition of a failed launch.

The main difference between AoC and WoW is that WoW wasn't a failed game.

FFXIV didn't have a failed launch. It just launched as a failure.