I think you might be misconstruing the context of the joke they are making in that 16bit video, i mean i see what you are trying to get at, but it's not a solid lead-in for a joke regarding the phrase: "remembering when FFXIV first came out?"

All people remember about FFXIV when it actually first came out was 1.0 FFXIV back in 2010.

Mike B's coverage of the FFXIV 1.0 beta would have been a better example for the joke you were trying to make.

BFF Report - Ep 41 - Final Fantasy XIV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei0GxMOBztA (warning the volume is high due to older video compression)