So no christmas event then?

[SturmChurro]

Quoting Theodric, because he makes the point perfectly.

Just because some people can't pick up on humour it doesn't mean that every last little comment needs to be picked apart or explained in-depth. Then again, I can't claim to be surprised that elements of the FFXIV community are both unable to detect humour/sarcasm and are isolated enough to not be aware of major upcoming video-game releases!

I, personally, don't have any idea what this "most anticipated game" could be, so that 'joke' fell particularly flat.

Next Tuesday is the release of Patch 5.4. Intimating that no one would be playing it in a week is, in that context, disparaging at the least.

The post came off as "who cares about the Starlight Celebration? There aren't going to be players next week, so why bother?"

Not the intention of the poster, by their own words. After the fact.

I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that Cyberpunk 2077 was obscure, a niche release. I had the impression it is, and has been one of the most hyped products in gaming history. Seriously though, a lot of people won't be playing the patch - inititially - because of Cyberpunk. This in no way means the game is dying. SE just happens to have a release date ONE DAY before potentially the most anticipated game release in gaming history.

Yoshi-P has even urged people to play other games in official interviews and talks about them himself in passing. So if some of you only want to play FFXIV and nothing else? Fine - but it's not the intended method of consumption and the game certainly isn't designed to allow for that ordinarily.

I've never played Among Us, yet I've heard of it because of the recent explosion in the game's popularity. I'm inclined to think some of the lack of knowledge of Cyberpunk might even be feigned in some cases.

I refuse to believe that even the FFXIV community is so sheltered they don't know about the release of Cyberpunk. Many of them play via Steam, where it has been heavily advertised, where it will be heavily advertised very soon, and where it is currently the GLOBAL top seller.

[MsQi]

Of all the games being released Cyberpunk 2077 is one of them.

[DPZ2]

I don't follow the Gaming Industry News, religiously or profanely.

Release dates aren't part of my daily Internet feed.

[SannaR]

I don't follow the Gaming Industry News, religiously or profanely.

Release dates aren't part of my daily Internet feed.

Even if you didn't I'm surprised you haven't somehow heard about the game being delayed three times this last time causing a bit of an uproar by many a fan. Along with others who got angry at CDPR and any crunch culture they might have while working on the game or how everyone was shocked at Keanu being part of the game.

I might not have watched any of the Mandelorian but I do know who baby yoda is. Heck I even somehow know that they have a name now. Yet I don't know what that is.

[SturmChurro]

I don't follow the Gaming Industry News, religiously or profanely.

Release dates aren't part of my daily Internet feed.

Even if you didn't I'm surprised you haven't somehow heard about the game being delayed three times this last time causing a bit of an uproar by many a fan. Along with others who got angry at CDPR and any crunch culture they might have while working on the game or how everyone was shocked at Keanu being part of the game.

I might not have watched any of the Mandelorian but I do know who baby yoda is. Heck I even somehow know that they have a name now. Yet I don't know what that is.

Apparently nobody knows about Cyberpunk!

[Theodric]

Release dates aren't part of my daily Internet feed.

You don't have a Twitter, Youtube or Tumblr account or anything like that? If so, nobody you follow has mentioned the game at all?

[TheMightyMollusk]

I don't have any of those (well, I have a Twitter account, but all I use it for is screenshots, and I don't actually follow anyone), and I've heard of it. I'm indifferent to it, but I have heard of it.

[Rannie]

Eh, Cyberpunk isn't a game I play and didn't really know about it until I saw an ad for it on I think twitch just recently... the one with Keanu Reeves in it... and my cousin is hyped about it (he is torn between wanting both valhalla and 2077 but cant afford both)... lol I really didn't even know about AC Valhalla until I got my PS5 (and i actually love the assassins creed games)... some of us do live under a rock ya know. ^_^

[Jojoya]

You don't have a Twitter, Youtube or Tumblr account or anything like that? If so, nobody you follow has mentioned the game at all?

A couple of members of my FC have mentioned the game in the Other Games channel of our FC Discord. They've said they plan to play it after release if it ever gets released (it's evidently been delayed 3 times already?). They haven't mentioned what that release date is other than it might finally be soon. Since they aren't flooding the channel with talk about it like they have for other games about to release, I'm guessing it's not high on their game priority lists.

The community here is pretty diverse when it comes to taste in games. I think you overestimate how popular Cyberpunk is within this specific community.

I get it, you and SturmChurro are excited for the game's release. I'm sure there are some other FFXIV players just as excited. I hope it's well made and all of you thoroughly enjoy it.

It didn't need to be dragged into this thread to derail it. Go talk about it in Cyberpunk forums.

[tdb]

I refuse to believe that even the FFXIV community is so sheltered they don't know about the release of Cyberpunk. Many of them play via Steam, where it has been heavily advertised, where it will be heavily advertised very soon, and where it is currently the GLOBAL top seller.

I haven't actually seen (or at least taken note of) any advertisements for CP2077 on Steam. Possibly it has been on the store front page which I basically never look at. I'm part of one community where it's been mentioned a few times though, and at least one webcomic I follow made a joke about it being delayed. I personally don't buy into the hype though. My reaction is a solid meh, in large part because I know I wouldn't have time to play it anyway. I also haven't played Mass Effect, Witcher or any of the Elder Scrolls series so maybe I don't know what I'm missing.