The Great FFXIV Exodus of 2024

[Kohashi]

Well its true that the people population keep going down since DT its incredibly low compared to EW its Below 200K player

When DT released it was about 400K active player

And between Last January and Mars about 1 Million

https://mmo-population.com/r/ffxiv

maybe the data is no exact but honestly I see it in game I play tank and sometimes i was like 15min - 20 min for a trial which never happened to me

I am not sure how those people count the players however if you look at Steam charts you can also see a similar trend and more reliable

https://steamcharts.com/app/39210

Average player:
Oct 2024: 17,479.5
Oct 2023: 21,236.9
Oct 2022: 22,479.1
OCT 2021: 26,731.4
OCT: 2020: 15,069.6

I honestly don't think the variation is that big, the player count seems pretty stable at least with the people playing on Steam.

For the past 5 years or so, the average ppl playing on Steam are around 20k.

[sintea]

Well its true that the people population keep going down since DT its incredibly low compared to EW its Below 200K player

When DT released it was about 400K active player

And between Last January and Mars about 1 Million

https://mmo-population.com/r/ffxiv

maybe the data is no exact but honestly I see it in game I play tank and sometimes i was like 15min - 20 min for a trial which never happened to me

I would not trust this website based on what they say their main way of acquiring this information is in their about page, I recall in earlier versions too of this webpage they more openly admitted to this method of gauging playerbases for games right by the popularity/playercount lists, but now have it hidden in that About section.

[Vizi]

Unsubbed yesterday after being on a sub spree for around 3 years, with very high chances of not coming back.

It was fun while it lasted, but I do not appreciate it when I am constantly being gaslit into thinking that everything is fine and I should go have a break. DT MSQ sucked, itemization is mind-numbingly linear and boring, class identity is being scraped out of existence with each passing patch, last set of PvP changes feel absolutely out of touch with possibly the worst input/action feedback I've seen in MMO to date. The fact that we are getting two new grinding zones only around a YEAR after the expansion release, in my mind, is absolutely f****ng insane. This type of content should be there on day one - in worst case, a one or two month delay after the expansion release. I could honestly go on, but truth to be told - I no longer care.

Good luck and have fun. o7

[Greyhawk]

I would not trust this website based on what they say their main way of acquiring this information is in their about page, I recall in earlier versions too of this webpage they more openly admitted to this method of gauging playerbases for games right by the popularity/playercount lists, but now have it hidden in that About section.

Not to mention, from their about page:

History

This is more a fun project than anything else. It should be obvious to anyone the reasons why this is not an accurate subscriber count for MMOs. What it is though, is an interesting (to me and maybe others) tracker of popularity based on reddit users.

This goes right back to what I said in the beginning, we as players have no reliable way to track numbers of players ourselves. We get what we get from SE. All that number will do is go up, regardless of:

- Bot accounts
- Terminated accounts
- People who left
- The list goes on...

They will boast the numbers because they look good to share holders, player-base be damned. I'm not sure why players players still judge game health on made up statistics by third-party sites that can only pull a portion of data, not even from a correct source, and call it 'evidence'.

[TheGrimace]

Engaging content? No, no. Here, buy this $18 single character outfit. We'll dripfeed another to you in two months.

[FlopsyPrince]

Yeah, but that would mean CBU3 actually putting some thought into blending story and gameplay. Instead, it feels like they’re designing everything for the DAUs (dumbest assumable users), so we get the most basic, paint-by-numbers approach. Heaven forbid they give us anything complex or acknowledge that players might have, you know, skills or brains.

I am brand new to the content and I skip many MSQ cut scenes. I am way behind from the end. I watch some, but not most.

Some really annoying things now, like inventory management and the forced aspect of the MSQ. I have plenty of content to go through though, so I don't see bailing soon, but I am not sure about the truly long term.

[Reinha]

Engaging content? No, no. Here, buy this $18 single character outfit. We'll dripfeed another to you in two months.

Another store item when the new dungeon gear can't even be dyed, lol. Time to open your wallets to look cool for those 2 minutes of daily solo quests.

[BigSpenDaBeast]

Another store item when the new dungeon gear can't even be dyed, lol. Time to open your wallets to look cool for those 2 minutes of daily solo quests.

How else would Square Enix pay for their failed projects?

[genuine_stranger]

I am brand new to the content and I skip many MSQ cut scenes. I am way behind from the end. I watch some, but not most.

Some really annoying things now, like inventory management and the forced aspect of the MSQ. I have plenty of content to go through though, so I don't see bailing soon, but I am not sure about the truly long term.

Enjoy the ride while it lasts, honestly.
Plenty of long-term players, me included, are just disappointed with the current state of the game and where it's headed.

I was super passionate about the world and the story, bought all the art books and the Encyclopedia and other store items just to support this game and, well, my rose-tinted glasses fell off after the ending of EW and its first few patches.
My sub will run out at the end of January and I don't know if I come back for the next expansion. If they continue with their current direction, then most likely not.

[Ephremjlm]

IKR. On the upside, I am glad people have no real issues going on in their lives.

What an absolutely lame take. Did you ever think for one second that this game might have been a retreat from the real issues in their lives and that's maybe why they are bummed and upset by the direction of the game? That's arguably why most people play games, unless you still live in your mom's basement and pay no bills and have no responsibilities so you just can't relate.

Like I guess have fun man. I know my sub runs out tomorrow and it has already started to seem quieter in game, in my discord, in my FC, and in the forums, so all the toxically positive people who will religiously give their money to SE can have the place all to themselves like they all say they want. But in two or three years when the mobile game is popping off and the main game starts to shift direction towards those players, I hope I don't see the same kind of post coming from you.