Playing on ps5 too, so yes, mods can’t be my reason to play.

In my case, I’ve been playing since March 2016. I met my husband on this game. I’ve made some friends too.
I rerolled my main char 2 times because I had to change my psn account 2 times. If I put together the playtime on each of those accounts, it exceeds 18k hours.

In my case I think it’s mostly nostalgia, and that Eorzea make me feel kind of at home.
Unfortunately DT is slowly ruining that.