Quote Originally Posted by Zackneifein View Post
"like Heavensward and Stormblood" could obvisouly be enough for players, but won't be close to enough for SE to continue to invest in it.
They wouldn't need to if the remaining population sustained it financially (the game supporting itself). The mog station also exists, which was added as a way to get extra funds to support the game.
Square Enix isn't known to be very patient with online game in decline, that's why they killed nearly all of their gatcha game even when they were just easy cash.
Like how they weren't patient with 1.0 and waited 2 years for it to be remade?

I think that they only kill games with no fans. Which those games obviously don't have. FFXIV was different, even in 1.0, and that's why they bothered. They even said that was the only reason they bothered.