Quote Originally Posted by Azurymber View Post
no it did not
and also there was almost no competition at the time so even though ffxi had a rocky start there was no other alternatives.
By the time zilart came out a year-ish after release FFXI was great.
and then COP took it to a whole new level.

But FFXI relied on NA PC release for a huge population boost and then ps2 and xbox releases for huge boosts.

This game has ONE more chance. ps3 release. And PS3 has lost a lot of ppl cuz of the whole network failure thing and now forcing ppl to say they wont sue.

Further FFXI had fresh reviews which were -very- positive on NA release. This game will -never- get fresh reviews. Its 5.0ish average will haunt it for years, especially on the meta-review sites that average out all the reviews.
the xiv now, got more players than the xi then (one year old) had. The game got about double he population afterr the last patch. It might even double again after the next one. No matter where you go you always will see people, you can always join a random party. If your in uldah, not 10 minutes goes without someone shouting for grind party.

if you say this is because its f2p then something must be wrong with your head. People dont play a game BECAUSE its f2p.