MSQ Difficulty and Exclusion

[Mosha]

The average gamer is now in their 30's. Older in fact. Age demographics now point to gamers being well over that age, with a SIGNIFICANT percentage well into their 40's. No games company in the modern age anywhere wants to target a specific age demographic, as thats a fast way to bankruptcy.

Niche gaming has a very small window of success.

Games engineered for teens is old, outdated, is again the same idiot model Blizzard is using.,.and we can all see where THAT has gotten them. You really have zero idea as to how games are designed and quite frankly, the fact that you didnt know that the age demographic worldwide now caters to that older age bracket is in itself telling of how little you actually know. Many games do, some dont where the age demographic data is gathered, I know Blizzard doesnt, I am not sure if SE does but it would surprise me if they didnt have at least a ballpark estimate...see, Aveyond, I used to alpha and beta test for games companies...and not being an expert of course, i had a very good look at the complexities of MMO design

Doint believe me?

https://financesonline.com/video-gam...ic-statistics/

and here



..and you want SE to design a game to EXCLUDE that age group? How much research into the gaming industry have you actually done?



You are so far wrong it isnt funny. This is 2022, not 2004.

The days of MMO and other gaming being for pimply faced teenies is dead and gone. Games companies, design paradigms and parameters, content availability and accessibility have evolved to meet that market. To paraphrase from older times..adapt or perish.

I don't think using those statistics is a good idea since they're very broad and include smartphone and Facebook-type games in the data, what wouldn't be relevant to games like FFXIV since it's a lot more niche than those statistics cover?

What those statistics tell me is that FFXIV should be a mobile game with heavy MTX to attract the largest demographic possible. I don't think you're advocating for that.

[Imora]

I don't think using those statistics is a good idea since they're very broad and include smartphone and Facebook-type games in the data, what wouldn't be relevant to games like FFXIV since it's a lot more niche than those statistics cover?

What those statistics tell me is that FFXIV should be a mobile game with heavy MTX to attract the largest demographic possible. I don't think you're advocating for that.

Even mobile games can be challenging though.

I actually know someone that quit the game here because MSQ solo duties were too hard. And this is after having a housemate do some of them for them.

[Mosha]

Even mobile games can be challenging though.

I actually know someone that quit the game here because MSQ solo duties were too hard. And this is after having a housemate do some of them for them.

I mean sure there are examples of such. but my point was that data includes a lot of people who only care about candy crush and have no interest in MMORPGs making it a bad argument to use when talking about ffxiv.

[VelKallor]

I mean sure there are examples of such. but my point was that data includes a lot of people who only care about candy crush and have no interest in MMORPGs making it a bad argument to use when talking about ffxiv.

We agree on that, Mosha. I was talking more on a broad basis..mobile gaming is kinda a separate market and yeah there is some wiggle room.

I concede the point.