We lost 70% of our player base half a year in

[Shurrikhan]

I'd say that the Steam users are PROBABLY a lot of the WoW refugees

WoW: Has no Steam tie-in. Has never had a Steam tie-in. Has its own launcher.

XIV: Has a Steam tie-in since 2014, roughly half a year after ARR's release.


So why would WoW players, who've never had any Steam integration, flock to Steam, while all other players of XIV (which has had Steam integration since the game's second quarter) would predominantly avoid it? And why, even, would players be more critical of XIV just because they'd played another MMO prior?

What even is the basis for this "probably"?