FFXIV population decline continues

[BigCheez]

Comparison of populations for December going back to 2014:

Comparisons of populations for each X.15 patch going back to 2014:


My reason for making these is to give a sense of if it has fluctuated this much at comparable months or patches.

There are some obvious possible reasons it spiked so high before and returned to how it was: Covid, and the game going viral. Sure, people are quick to blame the content and issues they have, but objectively those were factors that caused spikes around that time.

Can we please stop pretending that people are playing less videogames since COVID.

CSGO/CS2


WoW


Other games aren't struggling with declining player numbers since COVID. This is a FFXIV problem and the problem is the game.

[sindriiisgaming]

Can we please stop pretending that people are playing less videogames since COVID.

CSGO/CS2


WoW


Other games aren't struggling with declining player numbers since COVID. This is a FFXIV problem and the problem is the game.

I'm going to be real I dont understand how XIV is second top MMO. almost all of its systems are problematic or archaic, nothing feels finalized or fleshed out. and its been this way for a very long time. it seams like the attention of WOW players due to the success of SHB has only drawn attention to this more for all to see

[Rehayem]

I'm going to be real I dont understand how XIV is second top MMO. almost all of its systems are problematic or archaic, nothing feels finalized or fleshed out. and its been this way for a very long time. it seams like the attention of WOW players due to the success of SHB has only drawn attention to this more for all to see

FFXIV has always been advertised as very story focused MMORPG. The moment the story took a dive, other problems have become more noticeable and clear, creating a big wave of player dissatisfaction, with Yoshi-P ignoring the issues and pretending it's all fine.

When EW launched, people were already dissapointed with the combat not receiving anything new, but were willing to forgive it because of the story. DT showed us that is not the case anymore and players aren't buying his nonsensical PR talk.