Are the developers of XIV out of touch?

[Elamys]

To be fair, Square Enix was in a very bad spot financially prior to ARR. They've had ~4 years of success with this game, but that doesn't mean they're suddenly going to start tossing crazy money at every project or game.

I don't think anyone's asking them to "toss crazy money" at FFXIV but from the way they talk in response to some of the questions, you'd think this game made like $100 a year. This MMO struggles to do basic things any other MMO on the market can do with ease.

They're certainly not struggling now, though. If you're interested in digging into the numbers a little, here's their recent earnings report. http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ne...q4earnings.pdf

There's also this article from last year: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sq.../1100-6454795/

The publisher also called out Final Fantasy XIV as a top performer during the period, with the new expansion, Stormblood, helping to boost subscribers and revenue.

In short, for that year at least, FFXIV was a major income generator for SE but seems to be floundering in being adequately funded. Like Enla said they seem to struggle with balancing the quality of their content vs. the pocketbook.