Do you think the game would die without the PC playerbase?

[Wolfsbane706]

I don't. Anyway, the question comes from the occasional person who claims the game would die if certain things were to happen regarding third-party software and add-ons. Considering the game's hefty PS4 playerbase, I'm inclined to disagree, although implying that the entire PC playerbase would quit is probably more than a bit of an exaggeration. The idea that such an event would come to pass is also pretty outrageous.

I don't particularly care for addons myself since I play on PS4 and can't use any of them but I'm not gonna throw slag at someone using them unless they decide they wanna be an ass first. Even then you usually can't tell who's using and who isn't without them saying so.

[GeminiReed]

Die? Unlikely. Lose enough players to open themselves up to an investor lawsuit? Magic 8-ball says: "Signs point to yes"

[Theodric]

Die? No - though it would certainly struggle, since a considerable number of people opt to play MMO's on a PC.

[Fyrebrand]

What does it mean for an MMO to "die"? You mean, they literally shut down the servers and take the game offline? They haven't even done that with FFXI yet. Heck, Everquest is still running after 20+ years. If FFXIV lost all of its PC players, I expect it would basically go into an indefinite "maintenance mode" and Square Enix would divert attention towards developing its successor.

[Elissar]

Die? no
Maybe console players will have to wait a little more for high quality content due to decrease of revenues.

[TaleraRistain]

Why would it lose the PC playerbase? I do find it laughable that someone thinks the entire PC playerbase would leave if we couldn't have 3rd party shinies. Plenty of us on PC don't touch that stuff.

[Altera]

Why would it lose the PC playerbase? I do find it laughable that someone thinks the entire PC playerbase would leave if we couldn't have 3rd party shinies. Plenty of us on PC don't touch that stuff.

Agreed. I have played this game for 10 years now and I even dreaded when i heard people found a way to get DPSmeters and other mods to XIV as i always hated pretty much being forced to use certain types of addons or i wasnt able to raid. I do not want those addons to make its way into XIV too

[Shougun]

Agreed. I have played this game for 10 years now and I even dreaded when i heard people found a way to get DPSmeters and other mods to XIV as i always hated pretty much being forced to use certain types of addons or i wasnt able to raid. I do not want those addons to make its way into XIV too

I mean they have already though, of course I know what you mean by seperating out parser, but like pretty much the entire concept of addons has made it into FFXIV. Even the DBM infamous boss addon, just not as powerful (though WoW's was nerfed too lol).

I'm sure it's a huge pain so "no thanks" says SE, but it would be cool if at least there was a more apple like addon store (over say how android works, the "wow" store). Parsers could only be personal for example (doesn't gauge your party members, maybe could compare to anonymous aggregate data but couldn't display parsing details on your party).

Or no store at all but maybe bolster the UI team a little, they do better than the default of most MMOs but there are still really nice features desired that are possible outside of game but not possible in. Like since someone referenced chat bubble is apparently a thing third party I recently found out apparently also knowing what items you have collected before is also a thing (so you can know if you had that mount, song, or what have you).

[hydralus]

MMORPGs take forever to die.

[Lanadra]

Pretty sure all of the cynical 'live service' games will die well before any of the MMO juggernauts do. Yes, that includes the ailing WoW.