Quote Originally Posted by raenna View Post
There is at least 1 server that has 350k on it alone.. I dont think you have all of the facs there.. and yes it has a free to play server but the other servers are still alive and kicken, and the reason it wasn't a great success is because like FFXIV it was released unfished. AT any rate it has become a fun game, as will FFXIV in good time.
I think we both don't have the fact there. Sony has NEVER released any numbers. However judging that a game has went to F2P direction can only mean that it hasn't done as good as it could. Some may say LOTRO? Well, if anything the Aion that people are bashing didn't go F2P because there are still millions subscribers and NCSoft would see no reason why they need to go F2P. Successful P2P games don't need to go F2P to strengthen themselves.

And why not learn from Doofus? It's an indie game, and yet it has gotten so successful. It doesn't have millions upon millions dollars as the cost.