MMO addiction

[genuine_stranger]

Ironically, I play (or did play) Genshin Impact on PC instead of mobile. Same with Zenless Zone Zero.

The possibility that the mobile version takes off enough that people want a PC version of it too would be positively brain-melting because we would then have *two* versions of Final Fantasy 14 on the same platform yet play differently enough from each other that people might genuinely prefer one over the other (and god help the free time of anyone who juggles both).

Would they even want to keep developing for two platforms if the mobile version ends up more successful? Or would they just gradually reduce investment in the retail version until most players migrate to the mobile one?
Another thing to consider is that XIV mobile could be built from the ground up without the legacy code from 1.0. That would essentially make it FFXIV v̶2̶.̶0̶ v.3.0, which could make implementing new systems and features much easier in comparison.

Well, the only thing we can do is sit back, grab a drink and see what'll happen.