Are people recognizing ARR?

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I hope they do advertise this game more...
Like...
I don't remember seeing much advertising for FFXIV 1.0 actually
And I definately didn't see ANY advertising for FFXI and didn't even know about the game until I moved to UK where it was more popular (than Finland where I am from).

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I hope they do advertise this game more...
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I don't remember seeing much advertising for FFXIV 1.0 actually
And I definately didn't see ANY advertising for FFXI and didn't even know about the game until I moved to UK where it was more popular (than Finland where I am from).

There was good reason for this. Final Fantasy 1.0 had investors and those investors had eyes.

If anyone can remember, sometime a little before---Or maybe it was after?---an investor pulled a lot of money out of the company in general solely based on the state of FFXIV. This can really hurt the game's advertising, but investors really come at a cost more than money and that is in opinion of the product that they are supporting. I don't blame investors what-so-ever for FFXIV 1.0's failure, but it is completely plausible that they were rushing to see a return on their investment making it more desperate for them to launch something.

The beauty of FFXIV:ARR is that it has zero investors. That means they can have creative freedom. FULL creative freedom and no one telling them how they spend the money. Or that, "We need a hot chick in it. Our polls show that hot chicks who sound dumb bring in oodles of cash." This also applies to their advertising campaign. Of course, they are on a budget in developmental costs, but I have WAY more faith in them running a good advertisement campaign at the right moment than I would if investor's hands were in the pot. I don't think people realize how much investors can muck up a game in situations like these.

EDIT: Also, nothing annoys me more than having someone whose job it isn't to be creative to tell others what is or is not creative, but since they have deposited some cash to help develop it, feel like it's their job anyway.