Quote Originally Posted by Striker44 View Post
It actually does make a lot of sense. Look around and you'll see it all the time. I've experienced it myself with a plethora of rec leagues, bands, and so on. The groups that persist healthily over time are the ones that are constantly working to recruit new members. The simple reality is that no matter how much you focus on existing members, they will slowly but steadily bleed away over time for various reasons. What keeps something going strong is regularly adding new blood. Especially with something that's been around for 10 years like FFXIV has, and in a genre that is no longer the "king" of gaming like it was back in the 2005-2015 era or so, you're not likely to just pick up new people without specifically making changes to appeal to them. But that's what will keep you going.
Noone is saying the game has to only cater to existing players.... What everyone is saying is that it shouldn't be the only focus. Expanding the lifespan of each customer is a good business strategy. To counter your point I'm just going to say that theres always a small subset of players that will defend the current direction of any game right up until they drive it to the ground. It's also up to the Devs to not listen to those players because you want to know the funny thing? Even after all the defending they do once the game goes dead they also quit lol. Bunch of hypocrites.