Quote Originally Posted by zaviermhigo View Post
"Will FFXIV have enough subscribers to cover maintenance cost, payroll for devs and such, and make some extra?" that is why it matters.
It doesnt matter because SE obviously know it doesn't cover the cost, hell it doesn't cover a fraction of the cost. 200k/month is about 15 people's wages, and there is supposed to be 200 people working on it.

To think for a second that it matters at all is just silly, its SE blinding you. They just want to recover some money and likely have other reasons for it (share holders pissed? need a small income for other things? who knows).

SE know the exact figures and from these figures we see, SE seem very happy to make it p2p and continue on v2, so like mog said, it doesnt matter. SE know they are not making tons.