The reason FFXIV is lacking content is because of casualization.

[CStrife912]

Well for one in regards to 16 and releasing on console first....so what its been like that for a long time where console gets it first then PC. Also recent data showed 33 million PS5s now as the userbase...UK sales went up 415% in January alone..Sony even said shortages are done its alleviated you shouldn't have much of an issue getting them. I work in electrical retail we have loads of PS5s in now...it's actually harder to get an Xbox Series console then a PS5.

Second....the game went into production around 2016...if they were pulling staff etc you'd have seen a drop off in quality for years....yet we have SB-EW and all subsequent patches worth of content....like come on with that logic of its doom and gloom its silly.

[MintnHoney]

if they were pulling staff etc you'd have seen a drop off in quality for years

I mean, as an AST main, I can tell you a little something about a drop in quality over the past few expansions.
As a healer, I can point out an entire subforum that, over 2 and a half expansions, predicted failings and drops in quality, along with domino effects to other parts of the game (particularly the other roles). Not that you'd need to be a healer to see these things, but, we've certainly seen quite a bit of decline over the years.