Quote Originally Posted by grandm View Post
even while doing an awful job and being criticized from every game reviewer. SE managed to blaze a trail and show other games companies just because your product is broken, don't mean you have to give up. i think FF14 is being reborn from the ashes of what once was (like one of their iconic summons). if this inspires other to not give up when the going gets tough then that is even cooler
Indeed so.

I'd say the MMO market depends on XIV's success, quite frankly. Right now, the MMO market is to the point that it's going to crash in over itself, primarily due to the idea that a launch-failed MMO is dead-in-the-water (secondarily due to most MMORPGs being just another typical clone). It will undoubtedly discourage further competition in the future, and that needs to be ended.