The in-house funding is an interesting point. It speaks of early days EVE when it was an Independent MMO. FF14 is independent with strong backing really. They have the sauce for a long term revenue stream, not a get rich quick scheme. While EVE never broke 500K subs and I think it sits at around 250K right now, it makes money hand over fist. That's the sort of business model I hope SqEnix is going for. Something that pays the bills, makes some profit and keeps people working.