Is this game slowly dying?

[Meier]

You know it's not right to say this game is dead yet. The expansion pack could do really well depending on what it means. So if they raise the level cap to level 60, it might bring some people back... This game was level 50 in 1.0, so it still is. The expansion pack might motivate people into sticking around for GOOD this time.

I never said the game is dead. Just pointing out what I observed. Less people logging in, friends moving on to other games, etc. The few that still are interested are saying they are waiting the expansion.

Everyone I know has turned off automatic renewal, etc. People are bored of the same patch, rinse repeat stuff. We need our 1.0 stats back, more horizontal progression, keep the current ilvl the same, but give us more raids, (Not just 4 bosses, every 6 months) with options of different gear with actual useful stats, like "Cure Potency +10" etc. If you go look at the questions for the live letter, that is what most people are asking for. People are getting bored, plain and simple.

[Tiggy]

Is this game still worth investing time in?
Will the population inevitably reduce to something like aion?
I really do not want to invest in it if it is just going to die later..

All MMO's eventually die. The question is how fast.

[Gucci_Charms]

I won't say the game is dead, but on my server there is definitely less activity after Tuesday to Thursday since most people sign on to mainly to do their SCOB T6-9 clears for the week, ST Loot, and cap out their soldiery. It's pretty quiet by Friday to Monday.

I can assume the game will be heavily populated once 2.4 hits for awhile with the population dwindling as people clear the content and cap out Ninja level.

[TouchandFeel]

All MMO's eventually die.

Valar MMOrghulis.

Sorry, it was just too perfect of a pun setup.

[Rochedalaix]

It is okay even if it dies it shall rise again like a Phoenix and be reborn again like that first Final Fantasy XIV 1.0!!!

[Lux_Rayna]

People are getting bored, plain and simple.

People have short attention spans and a lot of choices. Its pretty normal in today's MMO market for ppl to play multiple games. As a result, activity always declines sharply in the maturation phase of a patch. This isn't 2001 when ppl lived their lives in MMO games. This is 2014 where MMO's are more like going to Disney Land than entering a virtual reality. I can't stress this enough. What you see is not a dying game, but decreased activity until the next batch of "rides" come out. That's how MMO's are nowadays, and that is how they will be until the industry is revolutionized again.

[Rivest]

why are we even listening to some guy who has 9 posts and joined this month >_<!
When people call their characters 'Toon', I can't take them serious anymore...

[Fendred]

With theme parks that have the kind of end game found in FFXIV:ARR, there is a social phenomena where people play the game in waves. Starting at some point close to when a major content patch is released, the population of active accounts increases. It then peaks after some arbitrary amount of time and begins to decrease until another content patch comes out. I generally feel the health of the game is waning faster than it should for a MMORPG only released a year ago, but that is based on my own preconceptions rather than actual data. Without statistical data it is difficult to say how well the game is faring against the current MMORPG average.

That being said, it is difficult to compare FFXIV:ARR to other MMORPGs because the only two current P2P MMORPGs are niche games like Wildstar and Elder Scrolls Online, both of which were never designed for mass appeal in the first place.

So my general reaction is "who knows?" Only SE really knows what's going on at this point.

[NorthernLadMSP]

I surely do not know if the game is dying, but I definitely feel my server is going down in population. I know a lot of people who have transferred to larger servers. There's not a day that goes by that I don't consider doing the same.

[Cynfael]

Gotta love the Chicken Little threads that pop up in every MMO. Every time a big new title hits the market (e.g. Destiny) and encourages players to spend leisure time on something else, it means that the sky is falling. Likewise when people in your immediate social circle go on hiatus.

This game's model is inherently prone to alternating periods of high and low activity. Predicting its doom is more than a little silly at this point.