Quote Originally Posted by Felessan View Post
Yoshida made a game that 2 millions plays in 2 years, while Tanaka didn't make it in 5 years and upper limit for his creation still would be around half a million.
Yes, oldschool FF11 lovers would like it and probably consider it an amazing game (like people loves EVE even though its really a relatively small niche mmo), but it still would be a niche game and a failure for SE, given how much resources they poured in in FF14.
Eve has not only been retaining players but actually growing its subscriber base a decade after its release. It may be a niche title, but that is exactly the reason that it's been able to succeed for so long. I doubt SE would be too unhappy if FF14 managed to have 500k subscribers in 2023. Especially considering that the last time SE even told us how many subscribers this game had, it was 600k only a few months after release.