Just checked the trends for Final Fantasy XIV

[Katoar]

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Worldwide is a better metric as US players are a small part of the player base




The interest in the game has been the highest between 2.0 and 3.0 launch

listening less to the community has only given them higher rates of interest

Overall interest has been declining ever since the HS launch so it is quite the opposite in fact.

The ups between 5.0 and 6.0 were caused by Blizard's lawsuit and streamers like Asmongold. The game is not in a good state.