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

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This. Servers have plenty population still, and more people come back with every patch. With the PS3 version coming up in the future it'd be silly to operate merges just to have to open new ones then (creating a server divide between PC and PS3 players as a result).

Simply put optimism isn't misplaced. FFXIV has plenty chances to pick up, and there's absolutely no reason to doperate server merges before those chances are spent.

Saying "people come back with every patch" is not very good fact to base your numbers on because i can garauntee you just as much leave at the same time. For example the amount of people pissed off with mini quests probably sparked the same amount to leave.

Also you have a spike of people trying out the patch, then realising its rubbish and theres still no content and off they go and quit again.