Now that the game is officially on its deathbed, what are your thoughts?

[Hanayumi]

Well... FFXIV will continue on, even with minimal population, heck even if SE goes under, there are lots of big companies that would snatch the FF ip instantly. Really it would take another MMO to do some massive damage. Only 1 that comes to mind with a big enough ip in Asia would prolly be Riot's MMORPG, but as far as I know that sucker has been going under redevelopment over and over, so who knows when thatll see the light of day if ever...

[BigCheez]

Well... FFXIV will continue on, even with minimal population, heck even if SE goes under, there are lots of big companies that would snatch the FF ip instantly. Really it would take another MMO to do some massive damage. Only 1 that comes to mind with a big enough ip in Asia would prolly be Riot's MMORPG, but as far as I know that sucker has been going under redevelopment over and over, so who knows when thatll see the light of day if ever...

It's just the ship of Theseus at that point. That sounds less like FFXIV continuing on, and more like a skinwalker inhabiting its corpse.

If SE went under and another company picked up the IP, it wouldn't be because they care about the franchise and want to make good games. It would be because they want to squeeze the last few pennies out of it.

[All_Nonsense]

It's just the ship of Theseus at that point. That sounds less like FFXIV continuing on, and more like a skinwalker inhabiting its corpse.

If SE went under and another company picked up the IP, it wouldn't be because they care about the franchise and want to make good games. It would be because they want to squeeze the last few pennies out of it.

FF17 with always-online DRM, a battle pass, and a battle royale mode. Probably coming in 2026 at this rate