I guess it's time

[Velhart]

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Actually FFXI was a very successful title...for it's time. It is held together mostly by veterans now. The argument is more that it's concepts the few in here are talking about. Thinking the negative/outdated aspects of the game would work in here because "I say it will" or "It worked in 2005, it will work in 2016".

FFXI is still running and SE said as long as it is profitable, it will stay up. I guess it is because it is still up. I would imagine though the cost to run the game/servers are no where near as expensive as it was in it's prime.