Quote Originally Posted by PredatoryCatgirl View Post
Gee, its almost as if there was a completely unprecedented and impossible to predict influx of new players during a time when a global pandemic screwed the supply chain and made a critical component for servers unable to be produced, thereby crippling SE's ability to react to a change that no one could have foreseen. That would be wild if it were true, but its totally not. SE is just incompetent, amirite?
So you're saying they aren't watching industry trends and interests of players? I find that hard to believe. This was not only not unprecedented, especially with the consistent loss of players from WoW over the past five years, it was extremely predictable due to the same reason. It was clear that, at some point, there would be a mass exodus away from WoW. And since FFXIV was WoW's coattails in terms of popularity, and that popularity rising fast, it wasn't a mystery where that exodus would lead.

Stop making excuses for them.