Quote Originally Posted by Hiruke View Post
If the like 500 people who still play FFXI (exaggerated for humorous effect) are still content with the only "customization" options for the race/gender of their choice being 8 different face/hairstyles that each come in 2 different vibrant colors, I seriously doubt anything can coax them into playing a different game (I'm not sure how you can be "attached" to a character that looks the same as everyone else's... I guess it's easier now that no one else is ever online).

Why get them to quit FFXI and play FFXIV for like 1/3 the price? They can just keep playing FFXI and give SE money that way. The real question is: Why did SE even bother making a new expansion to begin with? And why do people want to get their Rune Fencers and Geomancers to level 99 so they can continue doing Abyssea forever? If the idea of playing a new world populated with other folks isn't their bag, it's just not their bag. No need to go crazy trying to grab such a small market segment when the real prize is getting new players who have never played XI or XIV (and, preferably, lots of them!).

To speak to the other two examples you gave... If they don't want to try FFXIV because it's not FFXI... lol? Ok, then. Well, it's not FFXI, nor should it be. Have fun playing FFXI. Peace! If they don't want to try FFXIV because they heard bad reviews about it... lol!? Maybe they also heard the game was completely redone, and they should check out the new version before saying it sucks. Or maybe they should check it out period regardless of what others said. Or they can not. Whatever. Does it matter? Again, if the really small population of FFXI wants to keep playing XI, more power to them. If Seekers of Adoulin is a big enough reason for them not to play XIV, great. Let them play XI. Free will and all that. There's no particular reason to try to drive people to XIV from XI.
What's funny is FFXI still has like 200k active subs and their servers have around 2000 or so people on them at all times much more people then FFXIV 1.0.