Quote Originally Posted by Daniolaut View Post
I am completely at a loss where all the money from 20 million accounts is being utilized, especially when you consider FFXI is now releasing additional and new content, when its "supposed to be dead." Even more so when FFXIV is boating of 20 million accounts, and is completely failing to release all saints wake this year. Not a huge deal on its own, but when you look at the patch cycles, I personally am at a loss.
Money gained from XIV goes into Square Enix's coffers for use in other projects. the only profits that XIV makes that goes 100% back into XIV is from Mogstation sales. Everything else can and is used for non-XIV projects. Tokyo RPG Factory and Studio Istolia (subsidiaries of Square Enix) incurred huge losses for Square Enix due to the failures of I Am Setusna, Lost Sphear, and Oniaki, and the unnamed game that didn't even make it off the ground from Studio Istolia. There was a net loss of about 592 million yen. You can bet that money from XIV is being used to offset those losses.