Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
You're trying to draw numbers out of the internet to prove something and it's not working because your assumptions are wrong.
Steam doesn't track all users for a game. They track the Steam users. Those numbers only mean something if the majority of a game's players are PC users and they are using Steam to log into FFXIV.
I don't think SE has ever shared a breakdown of FFXIV players by platform. I also doubt that the majority of PC users are using Steam for FFXIV considering the annoying license issues.
It also doesn't matter how many other people are playing a game or how that game's numbers compare to other games. All that matters is whether or not you enjoy it.
Steamcharts is not the whole picture, but to act like it isn't a large sample size and indicating a larger trend across all platforms is just coping.
The game has been on a decline post Endwalker, Its pretty safe to say that every platform is probably following the same trend that steam has shown with its playercharts. The numbers aren't mean to be taken literally, more of the direction the numbers are moving