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

[Shurrikhan]

This brings to mind Josh Strife Hayes' "Worst MMO Ever?" series where he digs up every MMO he can find listed on Steam. And frequently discovers there's less than 10 players on line with him.

Someone could cherry pick through Steam to come up with just the right MMOs to prove their point depending on most recent content release date.

In terms of percentage losses, perhaps. But, I think anyone here would point out the fragility of small sample sizes if they were looking at a fall from 100 to 20 over the past month.

30k+ players, on the other hand, is far past the point of running into issues inherent to low sample size, and would only be 'tainted' if there were something about which button one clicks to access the game (double-clicking from Steam or just clicking, waiting, inputting one's password, and clicking again on the official launcher) that would cause players to play less between patches than most people.

[technole]

SE is quite aware of the sub drop offs, apologists have nothing to back it up. It was mentioned in the SE quarterly earnings:

"Net sales declined YoY in the MMO sub‐segment, but we announced at our Las Vegas FINAL FANTASY XIV FAN FESTIVAL in
late July that we would release our latest expansion pack “FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL” in summer 2024 and the Xbox Series
X|S versions in spring 2024. We expect new initiatives like these to build up excitement around the title."

Of course wonder how much further the drop-off will be until summer 2024.

[Noumenon]

SE is quite aware of the sub drop offs, apologists have nothing to back it up. It was mentioned in the SE quarterly earnings:

"Net sales declined YoY in the MMO sub‐segment, but we announced at our Las Vegas FINAL FANTASY XIV FAN FESTIVAL in
late July that we would release our latest expansion pack “FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL” in summer 2024 and the Xbox Series
X|S versions in spring 2024. We expect new initiatives like these to build up excitement around the title."

Of course wonder how much further the drop-off will be until summer 2024.

Wouldn't be surprised if we see a 90% drop on Steam and a 50% on LB.

[Noumenon]

I'm not sure what the issue with the new Deep Dungeon is, but from my limited experience I haven't notice many people queuing for PotD either. I tried it for the first time this week to level an alt and ended up soloing it for a bit.

That just shows the entire game is dying

[Renalt]

That just shows the entire game is dying

For someone bragging about ripping people off with RMT in the game...this would be a serious blow to your business. I think you just lie about everything. You don't do RMT, you don't do anything. Everything you say and do is a contradiction. You are probably either a kid who their parents pay his sub or a really sad adult.

[Jojoya]

That just shows the entire game is dying

Time for you to move operations to another game then. Won't be any customers left for you here in another month.

[Tanis_Ebonhart]

I'm taking a break to play BG3. After I beat that I'll be back to FF14.

What a wild concept, huh? Taking breaks.

[Atelier-Bagur]

That just shows the entire game is dying

The entire game will die come Dawntrail.


Dual dye channels that is

[Stormpeaks]

That just shows the entire game is dying

Isnt the game already dead ? I'm sure I read you say that all the devs are "leaving up in arms because of the game's vision" ?

Is it going to die next month now ? Or is it the month after ?

I guess it's time to pack up our bags and go since our forum guru Noumenon said the game is going to die very soon

[DPZ2]

Bg3 is not a live service game. Starfield had a 50% days after it released as well. That's pretty normal. XIV is an MMO where we have multiple indicators that people are not only unsubbing, but not even really active.

Look at you, going all "BG3 is different from FFXIV, so it doesn't count."

Is this also you? :

Everything Yoshi P touches lately assumes you're an idiot unfortunately. That seems to be his recipe for attracting a wider audience...you know in the years Elden Ring and BG3 are dominating video game discourse.