Quote Originally Posted by Quixotica View Post
I'd think it'd depend on how much they spend maintaining the realms. FFXI is a subscriction game still that (at least used to) charge extra for each extra character. Without development costs being an issue, and only the PC version being around to maintain they could keep it running for quite some time.
But they will lose a large chunk of the remaining playerbase when they drop console support. How long do you think the rest will stay around with no new content forthcoming, plus they are making everything much, much easier to obtain. EG, no lockout on Dynamis, assaults, Nyzul, which makes farming empy weapon a helluva lot faster. Even more lockouts will be removed with the 2nd and 3rd part of Rhapsodies.