how long do you think 14 will last?

[Ksenia]

in the above interview he was not talking about ff14 specifically but MMOs in general in the future. IMO i think he is spot on....but as far as ff14 is considered i think it will last AT LEAST 10 years. (yoshi has said in an interview wanted ff14 to last 10 years.) With that being said i think ff14 is going to be iconic- well it is now and i think it will be more so in the coming years. I mean its not even 2 years old yet.

and 10 years in the same game world is a very, very long time.
There is only one game that has done it in my experience. EVE Online and they did it because they kept graphics and animations up to date. Even still, after 10 years I can only handle it for 3 month spurts.

My EVE Main 2005 was a thumbnail that looked like this,


Now she walks around a captains quarters looking like this,


Not to mention the ships all got updates, stations and so on.

FF14 can be here in 10 years but they need to be always on top of the latest graphics. The advantage FF14 has is, they can make an HD variation and sell it for $50. EVE Online gave that stuff away.