NOV 10th. That date sounds so familiar...

[Garlyle]

and I don't understand this argument. The whole point of a MMORPG is to retain subs, from the company PoV, is it not?

So... what? Should they jump to stop Fallout from releasing somehow? Corporate sabotage, maybe?

They can't just magically have something done in one month that isn't going to be done until a month and a half from now. That's not how development works, unless you want really buggy, unrefined content (You really don't). They could wait later if need be... but why spurn those players who aren't interested in those games simply because another company's doing something as well?

The thing is that the people who'll stop playing XIV briefly to go play Fallout/Starcraft instead would do so anyway.

I don't get where you get the idea that people who unsub don't come back. They do. Yoshida's even fully acknowledged it - there's lots of players who only come back for one or two months out of each patch's lifespan, because in a content-centric game that's what's required to keep people's interest. And they're completely fine with it.