Quote Originally Posted by Aword3213 View Post
So few players. The game is dying.
Team fortress 2 already had people yelling the game was dying fast in 2010. And especialy overwatch would be the tf2 killer.

The most dedicated core of players can keep a game alive for VERY long. But that only works if the game itself is good. If you think the flaws in this game are bad... try tf2 matchmaking. It will make the botting problem in this game appear as almost non existant. And yet, even with that issue in tf2, dedicated servers keep the game alive.

A game might also appear dead for several years until a good update comes out again and pushes numbers up for a while again. tf2 has the advantage of being pvp, which doesnt require a constant addition of content to be kept alive as much, which helps it a lot. But players can be stubborn.

FF made a major mistake with island sanctuaries as it isnt a grindy combat based thing like eureka. This is probably a major reason numbers now appear extra low. But it doesnt tell anything about what they add later. 7.0 might be a failure, while maybe in 7.3 they add something that revives a lot. Its very hard to create good fresh content that players will like. Its just trial and error.

Add to that FF16 and it will make the current game appear quite dead. But who knows what they will do later on. As long as new content causes a spike in money, there is motivation to keep the game alive. Maybe as barebone and life support. But this little bit can be more than enough.