So, even Wildstar is going f2p...

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A pay to play MMO is typically considered stable enough to not go F2P if it has at least around 500k active subs. FFXIV at the end of 2014 had over 4 million accounts registered (not including free trials or free months), and only 1.8 million of those active, which is incredible for a pay to play MMO in this day and age.

I'm not entirely sure i would flaunt those numbers too much. More than half the people that bought FFXIV have unsubbed. There is still a lot of room for improvement IMO. The main thing helping this game right now is there are always lots of green sprouts joining every day.

This is another reason heavensward kind of worries me a little, because they are letting everyone do level 1-50 content at level 60. New players won't get the 2.0 experience we got, they are going to get something different entirely. I just hope it doesn't drive people away.