Steam, LB and Quarterly Estimate Chart

[Jeeqbit]

Just for you all, I made a chart of FFXIV's growth and/or decline between 2014-2024.


Data Used:

• Steam (peak players logged in per month): https://steamdb.info/app/39210/charts/#max
• Lucky Bancho (active non-trial characters over 2-4 month intervals): https://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/archives/cat_1313670.html
• SE (recurring monthly income divided by the sub fee): https://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/i...financial.html
• Achievements Enabled (invested players with big sunk cost and their behaviour, by Lucky Bancho): https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/luckyban...e68406d8-s.png

For the Quarterly Estimate, I extracted the Ordinary Income for the 3-month period (subtracting any prior months), subtracted estimate of DQX and FF11 (same every time due to lack of data), divided it by 3 and divided it by the monthly fee in Yen. It's not going to be exact because SE doesn't release subscription numbers, but it's the best I can do with my limited understanding of their finances.

I overlapped Steam by putting it on the opposite side for a clearer comparison, otherwise it would appear tiny in comparison to Lucky Bancho.

Old versions:

October 2024 - https://i.imgur.com/wzJlfuN.png