The great streamer Asmongold is joining FFXIV

[DPZ2]

Is everyone here thinking about the ramifications if the actual verdict from the guy is "I tried it. It sucked. Don't bother to play this game"?

[SturmChurro]

Is everyone here thinking about the ramifications if the actual verdict from the guy is "I tried it. It sucked. Don't bother to play this game"?

Well, I assume nobody should care, right?

tl;dr

Who cares?

[Penthea]

Is everyone here thinking about the ramifications if the actual verdict from the guy is "I tried it. It sucked. Don't bother to play this game"?

This isn't going to convince anyone who is already enjoying the game to stop playing. It's also not going to hold as much weight as the friends of potential players who are saying that FFXIV is great. It would only have impact on Asmon's fans.

This whole Asmon thing isn't really about FFXIV booming. It's about how WoW has hit such a low point that many die-hard fans for the first time are truly looking for a different mmorpg to play in the long-term. And many have found exactly that. He's a die-hard WoW fan who has repeatedly dismissed FFXIV as a weeb game, but even he is curious now.

It doesn't even matter if Asmon quits FFXIV in a matter of minutes. It's the fact that he's even going to try to play shows how little faith he has in Blizzard when it comes to WoW. If he still thought WoW was in a good state and/or if he trusted Blizzard would listen to feedback to improve the game he wouldn't even think about trying FFXIV. This is why it's a big deal. This entire situation is essentially commentary on how WoW is failing to keep its playerbase happy.

FFXIV will continue to do its thing with or without Asmon. However many WoW content creators have high praise for FFXIV while also holding little for the current state of WoW. Blizzard should be very worried.

[Sotaris]

FFXIV will continue to do its thing with or without Asmon. However many WoW content creators have high praise for FFXIV while also holding little for the current state of WoW. Blizzard should be very worried.

This. Look - Square will benefit by Blizzard come back to bring back a good MMORPG. Competition is a good thing. People seem to forget this.
Wherever Asmon decide to play this or quit after 2 days doesn't matter but i'm pretty disappointed seeing how toxic and unwelcome this community has/is becoming.