It's worth mentioning that FFXIV broke its record for all time peak and average players on Steamcharts in February (Well, in January and then once again in Feb). It's not quite as high right now but it's still doing very well there. Granted, it's only one section of the playerbase but unless anyone else has actual data instead of speculation...



I would expect another surge with stormblood. And then probably some dropoff but overall still very strong and steady. SE doesn't release numbers related to active subs so we won't have a complete picture, but I don't see any need for doom and gloom.