At this point will FFXIV collapse if all mods and third party tools disappear?

[Ivtrix]

It's true and you can't be the most successful, most popular forever I mean just look at retail World of Warcraft

The only thing that can defeat a game that gets that big is itself. FFXIV is def in that category. I think we’re all in agreement that a hard ban on 3rd party mods wouldn’t kill the game immediately but what percentage of the playerbase uses mods and how much of a dealbreaker it is for players is kinda the discussion point at this point in the the conversation.

I think they are in tune with just how many people do mod the game, and probably have run some sort of analytics to see potential losses were they to take that path.

But with recent events like Nintendo having to explain to its shareholders why it gave its employees a raise, I do t think SE is keen to take any avenues which risks revenue loss.