Quote Originally Posted by VelKallor View Post
Id say that their announcement is proof they've already done the numbers..and, old friend, you are forgetting growth, when more players sign in for the first time and ;learn there are Aussie servers, thats a huge pull factor.

A LOT of OCE ex WOW players have been hesitant to try FF 14 owing to ping issues, now that thats been solved.....heh heh heh...
Given they haven't announced whether or not its a migration or entirely new means we don't actually know which scenario those numbers are based on, so it's plausible that they also indicate that migration is necessary. Those new sign ups are also a reason in favour of migration, as they wouldn't want to risk such a rare recruitment opportunity funnelling players into low population servers where the play experience could be bad.

There's also a broader picture given that those who have been hesitant to play may likely also have friends who are already playing XIV and those friends may likely not want to migrate to OCE servers for the afforementioned reasons, this is based on chatter from various sydney gaming communities I'm a part of. Which would then mean those potential new players may not be able to play with their friends and not sign up, providing another reason SE will want to really make sure as many OCE players as possible want to move to the new servers.