Do you think square enix will continue making new MMOs after this project?

[Blackcanary]

The problem mmos have now is there 2 short term and the development /progression isn't lasting or rewarding. What you do this patch means nothing In the next one. The gear you get today is junk tomorrow. All of that stuff.

Yoshi said in a recent article there aren't many new mmos coming out these days and that's because research says players aren't interested any more. They'll pick up an mmo blast it for a couple of months and drop it. The current generation of mmos lacks longevity and meaningful progression and thus doesn't keep players interested.

You can see it with 14. It's done well with sales but sucks in player retention.

Compare it to xi for example. Which had about 2.5 million sales but kept a sustained player base of about 500 thousand active players for a good number of years.

Xiv 14 has what 7-8 million sales and recent figures suggest maybe 300k active players.

Players just don't stick around in mmos anymore because there's no longevity to them. Even the biggest one wow. Ppl drop there subs for a year. Come back blast the new stuff for a month or 2 and drop there subs for the rest of the year... no longevity at all.

And it's part of why developers aren't interested in making new mmos.

I blame all of that to them making this game like a Theme Park and playing WOW when it came to rebuilding FFXIV. It's a shame really this game could of been so much more.

[Blackcanary]

What are you smoking? They've got loads of awards because of XIV...

I take what I said back about this game not Winning any awards I just checked.

But this game will not last as long as FFXI did.

[ErryK]

But this game will not last as long as FFXI did.

That's up to the test of time and the devs.

[Reynhart]

Yoshi said in a recent article there aren't many new mmos coming out these days and that's because research says players aren't interested any more. They'll pick up an mmo blast it for a couple of months and drop it. The current generation of mmos lacks longevity and meaningful progression and thus doesn't keep players interested.

Isn't it the other way round ? That the current generation of players don't want to stay for years on the same game, and thus MMO are made with short lifespan ?

[DamianFatale]

Isn't it the other way round ? That the current generation of players don't want to stay for years on the same game, and thus MMO are made with short lifespan ?

I'm probably never going to quit XIV. I want to ride it out.

[Slevin_Impudicus]

This MMO wasn't near the top of my list when it came out as 2.0, but my friends liked it for the nostalgia, so I followed. I would love to see SE make another option, equally deep, but with more of an action-combat style, and without the cutesy stuff like Lalafels and moogles. I would prefer someone else make a better option, because there seems to be a lot of FF content recycling between games.

[Kupocoubo]

I heard about a MMO from Kingdom Hearts, not sure if it's still legit but it was a project years ago

[CompSci88]

Next one we'll be using the Nerve Gear

[Yasuhiro]

I heard about a MMO from Kingdom Hearts, not sure if it's still legit but it was a project years ago

Didn't that become Kingdom Hearts Chi/x? It's MMO-ish I believe.