With WoD in a month, what do you feel will happen in to FF14's population?

[Swagcity]

The fact that this is a legit/serious question is troubling. WoW is buttcrack old and not that enjoyable.

If XIV producers are also concerned with WoW (Withered old World),.......competition will only get stiffer.

I lost faith in XI and XIV, I see both sticking around for awhile, but only sticking around, nothing more.

[Theresa]

And yet we still get MMOs like ARR trying to mimic WoW despite being on a decline.

I can't understand you. WoW was the first sucessfull MMO, obviously all MMOs are going to be inspired on it. I don't have a problem with it.

Actually I like very much the way ARR is going foward, but it's just MY opinion.

[Teryaani]

I'm thinking that it'll be a blip in logins, but not much of one in subscription numbers. While I knew that WoD was the new expansion (I played through MoP and still follow some of the Blizzard news), I have a hard time seeing that acronym and not thinking "Wait, there's a world of darkness MMO coming out?" For the record, I want this.

they discarded "Titan" project and it seems they have no more interest on MMORPGs.

They didn't discard it, they lost it. Project Titan is Destiny which Activision had Bungie release. Truth be told, Bungie was a better fit.

[Edli]

They didn't discard it, they lost it. Project Titan is Destiny which Activision had Bungie release. Truth be told, Bungie was a better fit.

No wonder they abandoned it. A game like Destiny cannot stay afloat with a subscription and blizzard wants to do what they did with WoW back in the day.

[Zaiken]

I think the only MMORPG that actually put any dent and really to watch for is Everquest Next. But WoW? Meh...

[Welsper59]

I lost faith in XI and XIV, I see both sticking around for awhile, but only sticking around, nothing more.

That's exactly how they originally expected XIV to be though, so I don't think they care much about active playerbase numbers in the end. It seems like Yoshi-P understands the fleeting nature of the MMORPG genre and its players, so they're essentially planning around that. You'd be an idiot to truly expect your game to be a "WoW killer" of any sort. The MMORPG market is slowly dying out (for now), meaning the gravy train is coming to a halt. MMORPGs aren't as popular or appealing as they once were, so you're not going to instantly make a ton of money just for half-assing your content.

Of course, that doesn't mean it won't be profitable or that no one will play, but rather it's a case where no one will ever produce something to top the epitome of the genre (WoW). It's like expecting someone to create a "Mario killer". People will try, some will claim it will or has happened, but the reality is that it just won't happen. The name itself is a testament to that fact. When you think "platformer" (assuming said person knows what that is), most would think "Mario". You ask someone what "Mario" is, chances are high they'll know that it at least has something to do with video games. When you think "Final Fantasy", you think RPG... specifically traditional console RPGs. And no matter what era it is, when you think MMORPG, you will think "World of Warcraft".

[Lemuria]

I remember the last WoW graphics 'overhaul'. A few filters and a bit more edge-blurring. The actual characters were just as low poly as they had ever been. Suffice to say, I'm not going to hold my breath that this new one is much different.

[Amused]

I don't see myself ever going back to WoW at this point. In my opinion, FFXIV is superior in nearly every way.

WoW still doesn't even have armor that is more than just a texture placed on the body. They only model shoulder pads and helmets. That and the new race models are very hit or miss. I find that way too many of them actually look worse than the older models, despite the higher polygon count and texture resolution increase.

[Miya_Carbuncle]

And yet we still get MMOs like ARR trying to mimic WoW despite being on a decline.

Lol, because apparently taking some elements from a popular game and improving on it as well as adding more to the game to make it more unique apparently means FFXIV is a clone of WoW. Ooookay people. Pretty sure you guys are only looking at the dungeons and raids for some reason. WoW set the standard for MMOs, and people for some reason don't understand that.

Also, we're definitely going to see a player decline for a couple months after the expansion, just like WoW's population might go down for a bit after FFXIV's expansion. That's just the nature of MMOs. We lose and gain players all of the time.

[jomoru]

That's simply not the truth. Most damage done to WoW's player base isn't permanent. Some people who play WoW will never stop playing it because of the position that game is resting in. However this game is the biggest competitor. However being quite frank, that can, or cannot mean anything. So it's really a matter of acknowledging the two in the future.

Really? SO Wow has NEVER lost subscriptions. Amazing that. I mean I thought it lost 6 million since WOTLK but I must be mistaken.