Quote Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi View Post
Well if they wanted mass appeal and 20 million players like WoW they shouldn't have made the system requirements so high. I think thats a big part of WoW's success, you can run it on your toaster it's not just down to the quality of the game.

FF will have a large audience but MMO's are very competitve and there are lots of them. I think XIV will me the marmite of the MMO world. You will either love it or hate it. It will always get mixed reviews.
Excellent point. The system requirements should have been a lot lower. And they could be a lot lower. That, obviously, is one of the things that should be a higher priority. Really, my own view on this matter is that this game should appeal to as many people as possible. Because if it did, it would appeal more strongly to me. And it's easier to spend time on something that has mass appeal. And it's more satisfying, and easier to share with others. I would like the dev team to realize that they alone determine FFXIV's success, and not the market.