FF14 player count has fallen off a cliff and is now at 2019 levels (3/16/2025)

[AvoSturmfaust]

And if 7.2 drops the Numbers go up again, like always in the x.0 - x.2 time, i mean i really hope the playerbase stays so low in the hope it changes something but sadly i know exactly it wont change anything at all

[Arrius]

And if 7.2 drops the Numbers go up again, like always in the x.0 - x.2 time, i mean i really hope the playerbase stays so low in the hope it changes something but sadly i know exactly it wont change anything at all

This is the correct answer.
Players will bounce between games and come back to those where they have invested a considerable amount of time when patches are cycled through.