SquareEnix Press Release: Over 2 million registered accounts for FFXIV:ARR

[LexSunfire]

They've been dodging that info for months.

Nobody is dodging anything. Disclosing that there are 2 million registered accounts is nothing more than a marketing decision. SE has no obligation to players to release the number of active subs. And why in the world would SE release an active subs number that is less than registered accounts? That would be a terrible business decision.

[KyroeFelix]

What is registered users exactly? Is it per SE account? Per service id? However yes, the true test is unique active subs. Many people have a PC and PS3 version (me included), and a lot of PS3 ppl went to PS4. IIRC Yoshi said 500k people were logging in per day at peak a few months ago (though I can't recall if this was measure before 2.1 or after). 500k is pretty good if it's stable (FFXI sat at that number for a while).

The numbers were disclosed around October-November of last year. They had a slideshow and everything to go with it. Registered users = customers that have purchased the product and created an account. Whether that account is still active and not in a cancelled status? I don't know.

Nobody is dodging anything. Disclosing that there are 2 million registered accounts is nothing more than a marketing decision. SE has no obligation to players to release the number of active subs. And why in the world would SE release an active subs number that is less than registered accounts? That would be a terrible business decision.

The reason I say dodging is because they haven't given us another slide (see above) stating how many players are online. I never said they owe us anything; they showed us 500k people online and now won't say anything 6-7 months later. All they keep telling us is how many registered accounts there are; first at 1mil and now at 2. Many are wondering what the state of the game is and not seeing the number of active subs again bothers them.

Edit: Also, advertising how many registered accounts there are, doesn't tell anyone anything. It could be 500k players with 4 accounts, 1 million legit players and 1 million rmt, 500k players and 1.5 million who quit. I don't know why they are so quick to advertise the registered accounts number when it equates to nothing. If they do it for investors, that makes no sense. If investors think that because there are 2 million accounts, the active subs are anywhere close to that, they need to stop drinking the kool-aid.

[SchalaZeal]

Those people would be counted. If you pay a monthly fee, regardless of if you even log in once, it is still counted because it makes the MMO money.

They'll be counted in the 2 million people who bought the game, not in the 500,000 people who login daily. Since they don't login daily. Logic.

[LexSunfire]

Edit: Also, advertising how many registered accounts there are, doesn't tell anyone anything.

companies advertise things all the time that amount to nothing. 2 million registered accounts sounds nice. it even sounds amazing. 2 million registered accounts in the approximate 8 months the game has been live. in the day where people get their news in 2 second sound clips, 2 million registered accounts would be a highly effective advertisement. for example, if someone is at the store wondering if they should purchase FFXIV and they see 2 million accounts, the reasonable first thought will likely be, "Wow! 2 million people play this game! I want to join in!" Advertisement success. It also makes perfect sense to advertise it to investors. "Wow you sell a product that got 2 million people to sign up in less than a year!" Bam! Advertisement success.