Would you be upset if the game went offline?

[Richard]

time is running out for ff14. ... games like diablo 3, guild war, tera is coming out end of 2011 and i dont see how it can compete with those game. i see server merge in 2012 after ps3 release.

SE has already conceded the fact that XIV will not beat out anything Blizzard Produces. They probably had high hopes to contend with RIFT, TERA and SWTOR, all of which will pull in more initial subs. Once PS3 is released 80% of SE's market is back in the game and GW2 wont even be an issue. ArenaNet is selling box sales, not subs. F2P or did you forget.

In the long run XIV will thrive with a moderate sub base. September 2010 to PS3 release means nothing at this point.