Is it time to Sunset FFXIV?

[LittleImp]

A lot of people are finally taking Yoshida's 'play other games' advice, many of whom were mono-gaming XIV for some time, and I've noticed rather than assuaging their burnout it ends up just making them double down and enhances their internal justification for their burnout.

XIV looks so so much worse in comparison when you go play another game that implements better versions of the same systems in XIV that have become so dull, shallow and stagnant.

To be frank, Dawntrail is essentially a carbon copy of Endwalker, despite Endwalker being at times viciously defended by the community. Everyone's focus is suddenly on the games systems and patch schedule because the story of DT wasn't well received and there isn't massive influencer groupthink, and an overwhelming amount of people are finally realizing that a lot of the criticisms that were raised in SHB/Endwalker were right all along. I can't help but feel a little bitter about it, because these issues were pointed out time and time again for the last 5 years, only to be brushed aside by some of the very people who have now joined the chorus. It's interesting the degree to which peoples perception of the story seems to influence their outlook.

Ultimately, the white knights reap what they sow. They defended the worst of this games choices over the years, and now the game they supposedly love is falling off like never before. They're not going to shut the game down or sunset it any time soon, but the degree to which it squandered the one time opportunity that fell into its lap (wow exodus) should be studied.



side note, it's been funny seeing various content creators in this games category forced to get a day job when the category stopped paying.