Quote Originally Posted by ReplicaX View Post
XIV did not finance the game. Multiple titles including XIV (towards the end of XV's development) financed the game over its 10 year cycle.

There is really only one title that can boast saving the Crystal Tools / Light / Luminous Engine era that had SE in rough financial waters.

- XI subs for over 10+ yrs.

The acquisition of Taito and the success of the NESiCAxLive platform, along with Lord of Vermilion III have contributed to boosted profits over the last few years. Infact, Taito's arcade operations have done extremely well considering the industry itself in Japan has declined. Yet Taito has had gains every fiscal year.

Add in XIV:ARR and those are the major gains for the Company in the last few years.

TLDR: It's not that simple.
If anything... FF14 probably cost the company more money then it has gained with the failure of the previous FF14.