Is Square Enix DDoSing themselves or what ?

[AnnRam]

Daily reminder

-15 usd monthly (worth of GP Ultimate) + plus retainers + tip.
- New content every 5 months (unlike Hoyoverse who release new events[sometimes with new zones as well] every 2 weeks or month , handling 4 successful massive games at once)
— Every new item or emote goes directly behind $$$cash shop on a based subscription game.
—Can't unsub because you lose your house.

[BabyYoda]

Daily reminder

-15 usd monthly (worth of GP Ultimate) + plus retainers + tip.
- New content every 5 months (unlike Hoyoverse who release new events[sometimes with new zones as well] every 2 weeks or month , handling 4 successful massive games at once)
— Every new item or emote goes directly behind $$$cash shop on a based subscription game.
—Can't unsub because you lose your house.

Having a house is just a sin

[Raven2014]

Daily reminder

-15 usd monthly (worth of GP Ultimate) + plus retainers + tip.
- New content every 5 months (unlike Hoyoverse who release new events[sometimes with new zones as well] every 2 weeks or month , handling 4 successful massive games at once)
— Every new item or emote goes directly behind $$$cash shop on a based subscription game.
—Can't unsub because you lose your house.

I ... don't think you understand the scale of Hoyoverse game. Their revenue range from high 8digit to low 9digit dollar figure a month.

Even if we generously give FF14 3milion subs at standard price (which I doubt), they are still way behind those games. Realistiacally, FF14 probably only peak at release of an expansion, than slighly peak again when patch come out but on average I seriously doubt it maintains 3mil subs on average at any given times. The economy behind Gacha game is literally insane, and there is a reason you see why a lot of companies want to jump on that model.

But I do agree that FF14 would definitely be at a much better place if SE funnel its profit into better the game itself instead draining it as a source of fund for other fail projects. Whether you can see Hoyoverse does exactly just that.

[Tunda]

I ... don't think you understand the scale of Hoyoverse game. Their revenue range from high 8digit to low 9digit dollar figure a month.

Even if we generously give FF14 3milion subs at standard price (which I doubt), they are still way behind those games. Realistiacally, FF14 probably only peak at release of an expansion, than slighly peak again when patch come out but on average I seriously doubt it maintains 3mil subs on average at any given times. The economy behind Gacha game is literally insane, and there is a reason you see why a lot of companies want to jump on that model.

But I do agree that FF14 would definitely be at a much better place if SE funnel its profit into better the game itself instead draining it as a source of fund for other fail projects. Whether you can see Hoyoverse does exactly just that.

if 10% of the profit goes to development.. FFXIV will destroy the competition for other MMOs, even Yoshi P publicly stated that bro he beg SE to do adjustments on the budget..
Why someone who develop the best MMO in the market destroys the competition in ShB begging parent company to increase the budget when the game is literally funding NFT projects that until now.. no one hear about.. not even demos not even an image.. like money just blown away.

If we invest that money which is already spent on NFTs we can fix netcode issue forever