"SPARE NO EXPENSES"

[Atelier-Bagur]

Ironically, it has been. Population explosion, and even if the late-patch "lulls", there's still a significantly higher active playerbase than there was during similar points in ShB. Just have to get outside the negative echo chamber that is a dozen or so sad, bitter regulars on this forum that can't stand the thought of people enjoying the game.

I'd be more careful with your choice of words if I were you. Otherwise youll be called a white knight of yoshida worshipper

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

I'd be more careful with your choice of words if I were you. Otherwise youll be called a white knight of yoshida worshipper

Stop Talking against the Narritive you shill.

[SaltyDaddy]

Ironically, it has been. Population explosion, and even if the late-patch "lulls", there's still a significantly higher active playerbase than there was during similar points in ShB. Just have to get outside the negative echo chamber that is a dozen or so sad, bitter regulars on this forum that can't stand the thought of people enjoying the game.

So thats why most of my full friendlist is grey, Everybody is having fun. And Im friend just with the selected dozen. Dayum

[Y2K21]

Bruh, Skiros just flushes out people doesnt he. I guess thats bound to happen after 5+ threads a week.

[DragonFlyy]

Id say about 500k went towards maintaining FF14, and 99.5m went to FF16

Yeah seems about right

You mean 99.5m went to Square Enix as a whole. They do a lot more than just FF14 and FF16.

[VelKallor]

My god I swear this forum just complains about everything.

Its taken you THIS LONG to notice that? This lot are NEVER satisfied, no matter what the devs give us. Seriously, they are no one the devs ever need to listen to. Praise the devs, you're a "white knight" along with a suitably silly MASSIVE picture.

It gets...wearing...after a while.

I'd be more careful with your choice of words if I were you. Otherwise youll be called a white knight of yoshida worshipper

Past caring, to be honest. If I had the chance, Id meet the devs and thank them for some of the best gameplay I have seen in years.

[dspguy]

you seem to have gotten square-enix confused with john hammond i dont remember square ever saying they spared no expense for the game, got any links to that?

SE also hasn't released velociraptors to eat my children. A+++ Would do business again.

[CaptainLagbeard]

Look at everything Square Enix published in 2022 and so far in 2023. Then see if you can't figure out where all the money Endwalker made went.

And no, it's not all just Forspoken.

[CStrife912]

While an obvious troll post, Yoshida did make that statement. Just not necessarily with the context being used here.

Final Fantasy 14 Surpasses 24 Million Players, Becomes Most Profitable Final Fantasy Game In the Series

To go one further.....its a very simple answer...how do the invest back into the game...buying and making new data centers for the AU market...expanding the NA/EU/JA worlds and will be doing that again in the summer. Investing money for a visual overhaul of the product. Remaking and streamlining a lot of the beginning to allow for a more consistent new player experience because they need new players to thrive. They can't keep depending on the end game lot because things happen, games come out, real life events or jobs or just no time in general. Just to name a few things...I know this OP is a troll with a very basic mindset and existence but eh it is what it is

[Sheriyana]

Id say about 500k went towards maintaining FF14, and 99.5m went to FF16

Yeah seems about right

No, knowing SE these days 500k went to XIV, maybe 1.5mil to XVI and the rest to "invest" in NFTs and crypto garbage.