The Great FFXIV Exodus of 2024

[Reinha]

I don't think a handful of players announcing that they are going to quit is an indication for any exodus.

I'll quote you but the follow up questions are directed to everyone. I presented 25 players announcing their departure within a short amount of time as a sign that something unusual is taking place, because to my knowledge that has never happened until now. In the past it's been one guy making a thread and getting bye felicia'd by everyone. This is different. Has anyone seen something like this before? What would an exodus look like and how would one investigate it? Is there a form of evidence that could convince you it's happening while it's happening?

[Astrus]

[...]to my knowledge that has never happened until now.[...]

It hasn't in that form. DT got a lot of people to take to the forums that hadn't bothered before and we're now also seeing a number of long-time posters announce their departure.
That much is new, if the actual number of players quitting is out of the ordinary is something we don't know however. The next census might be a rough indication on that but we're not going to get the hard numbers, their next financial report is going to show us how revenue is faring but that too isn't going to tell us exactly what is happening.

[CVXIV]

I'll quote you but the follow up questions are directed to everyone. I presented 25 players announcing their departure within a short amount of time as a sign that something unusual is taking place, because to my knowledge that has never happened until now. In the past it's been one guy making a thread and getting bye felicia'd by everyone. This is different. Has anyone seen something like this before? What would an exodus look like and how would one investigate it? Is there a form of evidence that could convince you it's happening while it's happening?

Speaking personally I can't say I have, but then again I've never been as involved with the community through its forums as I have now. My join date here is shown as 2024, but that's only because I made an account here to discuss the graphics update as we were being shown upcoming material for it. I've actually been playing since 2014/2015

Which leads me to wonder how many people that play the game simultaneously use the forums. I've seen people say it's only a small number that do, but I wouldn't have a way to verify that

and the reason why I feel as though it's too soon to really call it an exodus is because of how large the game is. With what was shown, it's roughly 25 or so people in the english speaking forums that are announcing their departure. It could be larger than that, or maybe people will change their mind / still play despite what they've said

It's really hard to say and we don't have access to the information that SE would

I don't say any of this to diminish or to put down how they feel about the game. If people are truly unhappy and feel as though their voice isn't being heard then I think the only logical course of action would be to stop giving the company money

Honestly I view the forums as the same sort of trap housing falls under, because you need an active service account to post here yet this is the place you are redirected to regarding feedback about the game