Quote Originally Posted by Banriikku View Post
This Data shows engament with the product for specific platforms and time frames. Not if the game declines or not.
While it is true it is "just for specific time frames" (ie. a data point taken in isolation could just be people taking a break), the point of the graph is to show the long-term trends and whether, over the long term, it increases or declines. In other words, it DOES show if the game declines or not.
Also "dying" for an MMO is slow and not fast.
True, which is why this chart shows the long-term trends for the last 10 years... to see if it has "slowly" declined or "slowly" grown.

Often, people will point to a data source and say it is flawed for one reason or another. But if you have multiple sources of data, measuring in different ways, all showing similar trendlines, it reinforces the credibility of the trendlines. Trendlines like this are reflected on various popular FFXIV websites and discord servers, where the activity obviously spikes after major patches.