Possible patch delay

[Jynx]

as a note of reference, f2p games add things at much different paces then p2p games since they get paid for the content,

It would also be good to note that even F2P games make profit, FFXIV currently makes nothing.

But I'd still compare the dev cycle to a P2P game, they have a large team working seemingly nonstop on the game and new engine. There are alot of thing to factor in if you were to compare it to other MMO's and it would be even harder to draw any sort of informed conclusion because FFXIV has no other game to baseline on, as no other MMO has really tripped at launch so bad yet continued developement (As far as a totally new engine)

[TheVedis]

It would also be good to note that even F2P games make profit, FFXIV currently makes nothing.

But I'd still compare the dev cycle to a P2P game, they have a large team working seemingly nonstop on the game and new engine. There are alot of thing to factor in if you were to compare it to other MMO's and it would be even harder to draw any sort of informed conclusion because FFXIV has no other game to baseline on, as no other MMO has really tripped at launch so bad yet continued developement (As far as a totally new engine)

if you count the shear ammount of stuff being done each patch its a good baseline, and not just the "content" released
if we didnt have so much non content being done, it would look so much different
but the non content is needed of course so you cant just pass it over

as far as games to look at that may be a good comparison recently...STO and Champions, and perhaps Lego Universe

LU is closed
Champions and STO went f2p, but before they did the releases were rather slow(in the first year champions released 1 new zone, and 1 dungeon total that was new, and only did 2-3 events)