Why won't SE merge the servers due to few people playing the game?

[Rydin]

A few points I've seen...

A. The amount of chocobo's near a servers name shows the total number of people registered on that server, not the actual active population

1. Servers would not merge at least until the game is pay to play... each patch has the potential to bring people back.. people who have characters but just aren't playing... so merging servers would be premature right now with all the free accounts that are still active
What happens if you merge servers and then a ton of people come back... now you have a server with 5k populations at all times and TONS of lag

4. Many people plan to also play their existing character on their PS3..... MANY PEOPLE...

III. Party size is being reduced to 8, so there is not as much need for a larger population... 15 might be tough to field (Although we get 15 together every day) but 4-8 fits where the servers populations are just fine

4. Servers aren't dead.. they are low pop... but not dead... You should enjoy it... SP parties dont have to fight for camps... there isn't a ton of traffic and lag!!!

(P.S. The numbering system I used was intentional to make people smile... Enjoy your day)

[Malakhim]

4. Many people plan to also play their existing character on their PS3..... MANY PEOPLE...

I know of at least 5 people who are waiting on the PS3 version, and I'm pretty sure there's a large amount of would-be Japanese players waiting for this is well.

There's going to be quite the population surge once this thing is out of the gate.