Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Shurrikhan]

Twitch popularity = good game philosophy. Your head games won't work here. Nice try though.

This isn't nearly so true (or, so tightly correlative) as you make it out to be, especially in regard to a game's long-term health.

[Nav_Fae]

This isn't nearly so true (or, so tightly correlative) as you make it out to be, especially in regard to a game's long-term health.

Hate to burst your bubble but it's very true. Streamers wouldn't be coming to game otherwise, they would find something else to play. But go on, tell me more about how it's not true. This hate take has my interest peaked since the last couple posts seem to suggest that the only reason anyone likes FFXIV is because they hate WoW.

If the game had good game philosophy it would not lose almost half the player base by the end of the expansions.
This games large growth is soley because of people overly gushing of the game on twitch and youtube and acting as if something like this had never been done before.

You heard it hear folks! This just in! People are NOT allowed to take breaks from the game! If they do, it makes it a BAD GAME PHILOSOPHY! A GOOD GAME KEEPS PEOPLE ADDICTED AND GLUED TO THEIR CHAIR AWAY FROM REAL LIFE!!! It's not like the producer asks the fans to take breaks or anything, nooo not at all!!!

[Shibi]

You heard it hear folks! This just in! People are NOT allowed to take breaks from the game! If they do, it makes it a BAD GAME PHILOSOPHY! A GOOD GAME KEEPS PEOPLE ADDICTED AND GLUED TO THEIR CHAIR AWAY FROM REAL LIFE!!!

I look forward to more time-gated grind to keep us "occupied" and "happy".

/s

It is all for profit in the end.

Welcome to capitalism 101.

[IdowhatIwant]

Hate to burst your bubble but it's very true. Streamers wouldn't be coming to game otherwise, they would find something else to play. But go on, tell me more about how it's not true. This hate take has my interest peaked since the last couple posts seem to suggest that the only reason anyone likes FFXIV is because they hate WoW.

Not true at all, streamers go where the money is. If something is popular and getting views streamers will make content on it regardless if they are actually interested or not. There are also collaboration streams, sponsorships ect. Don't you find it odd that most people that have been playing the game since launch did not get a chance to interview Yoshi P, but popular streamers just starting the game did? It is all for profit in the end.

[Teno]

Not true at all, streamers go where the money is. If something is popular and getting views streamers will make content on it regardless if they are actually interested or not. There are also collaboration streams, sponsorships ect. Don't you find it odd that most people that have been playing the game since launch did not get a chance to interview Yoshi P, but popular streamers just starting the game did? It is all for profit in the end.

Absolutely wrong and it shows superficial knowledge of the Twitch game, ie only looking at a select few. I could say that most (big) streamers I tend to watch and like will play a game IF they've got an interest in it to begin with, money follows. People are not stupid, and transparency goes a long way on the platform to begin with and build a solid, quality viewership (like most businesses you might say).