LuckyBancho data shows that FF14 is in decline

[Noumenon]

During a content lull and in between Expansions and during some major big game releases like FF16, Baldurs Gate and Starfield? - FF14 is in decline?

Please tell us more; website and perceived user perception that may as be this manifest:

Exactly. Players played Baldurs Gate and realized how bad FF14 is in comparison and therefore quit.

[Stormpeaks]

Exactly. Players played Baldurs Gate and realized how bad FF14 is in comparison and therefore quit.

Correction

Players played Baldurs Gate and realized how bad 99% of games are in comparison.

You're welcome

Also FFXIV is so bad according to you but you'll gladly RMT in it as you've admitted multiple times on this forum to take "advantage" of ffxiv players

make it make sense my guy

[Reinha]

I looked up the previous chart made in 2022 and it shows lower participation numbers for the last column (2022Q4) compared to the same time period (2022Q4) in the most recent chart (2023). This means the last column in the most recent chart (2023Q2) is likely underreporting the number of active players. Additionally, look at the number of green (final/quit) characters in the old chart in column 2022Q3. The number of green characters decreases by half for the same quartile (2022Q3) in the newer chart.





If the data is skewed in a similar manner as it was before, the number of green characters in column 2023Q1 is going to shrink dramatically in the next chart, and the total number of active players in column 2023Q2 will increase in the next chart.

[Noumenon]

I looked up the previous chart made in 2022 and it shows lower participation numbers for the last column (2022Q4) compared to the same time period (2022Q4) in the most recent chart (2023). This means the last column in the most recent chart (2023Q2) is likely underreporting the number of active players. Additionally, look at the number of green (final/quit) characters in the old chart in column 2022Q3. The number of green characters decreases by half for the same quartile (2022Q3) in the newer chart.





If the data is skewed in a similar manner as it was before, the number of green characters in column 2023Q1 is going to shrink dramatically in the next chart, and the total number of active players in column 2023Q2 will increase in the next chart.

I hope you noticed that every single bar moved upwards from ShB and early EW.

[Reinha]

I hope you noticed that every single bar moved upwards from ShB and early EW.

You can also see a relative change compared to other columns.

[Noumenon]

You can also see a relative change compared to other columns.

I really hope you're not trying to say that 2022 Q4 is now higher than 2022 Q3. Please reread the graph very carefully and pay attention to which quarters are labeled and which are not.

[Teno]

There was such a very big hype with EW that a steep fall-off is not that surprising. But beyond that this might actually be good news, maybe the devs will finally do more than the standard boring routine. Maybe healers will finally get to play the game ?

[Reinha]

I really hope you're not trying to say that 2022 Q4 is now higher than 2022 Q3. Please reread the graph very carefully and pay attention to which quarters are labeled and which are not.

Read my post and you won't be so confused about what I said.

[Noumenon]

Read my post and you won't be so confused about what I said.

No, you just misinterpreted the graph, the count went up for every quarter.

[ElysiumDragon]

Anecdotal, but...

I know a fair few people who stopped playing because they felt they got what they wanted out of the MSQ after 6.0, and were satisfied with the ending, so they just stopped playing.

Population declines are inevitable near the end of an expansion, and perpetual growth is an absurdity, especially after the end of a 10-year story arc. As long as the game's population is healthy, that's what's important.