how long do you think 14 will last?

[Magistrella]

That's not a fair statement. FFXI is a good game with variety of content and endgame. FFXIV is a lolEZmode repeat of content patches over and over and over and over.... people will get bored of the pattern and lack of variety soon.

And yet XIV will have brought in more money then XI in all its years if it only goes on for two more years with the amount of active subscribers it got now. Not counting new game sales etc.

So - it paid off for SE already and as long as it keeps bringing in more then it costs to make this "lolEZmode" content its good to go.

Look at the lifetime those Korean games have that actually are inoovative but too hard, even grindier and shitty balanced in PvE - how long do they live? Well yeah, usually less then 2 years until going f2p

so - lolEZmode ftw as long as it keeps the game alive :P