Quote Originally Posted by Ath192 View Post
I agree with some of your points here, except the one of growth. Clearly it grew enough to be so damn profitable XIV couldn't take the crown until 2021.

"At a recent media event where members of the press and influencer community got to go hands-on with the new Endwalker expansion (check our preview here), Final Fantasy XIV producer and director, Naoki Yoshida revealed some pretty big news. Final Fantasy XIV has officially become the most profitable title in series history, finally taking the mantle from its older brother and fellow MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI."



My guess is they are talking about total profits, not yearly ones. It would definitely take XIV a while to become more profitable than XI, considering 1.0 almost bankrupted the company. It had to work through that mess first to become profitable, before it could work on taking that from XI.



As for the growth comment, I think XI peaked at 500000 subs, and we don't know for XIV because companies have stopped reporting that. It was sustainable, as evidenced by its continued support, but it's also a mainline final fantasy title, and we know how they feel about letting one of those be seen as failed (just look at XIV for that)