FF14 player count reached the lowest point in 4 years. We lost 75% of the playerbase.

[Auro_Seldaris]

... but really what difference does it make if there are 1 million or 2 million or 500,000 people playing the game? Does that make the game more fun for your personally...

No, but generally, the more fun a game is, the more people want to come and play it. Which was part of the reason behind the "WoW exodus" to FFXIV in the first place.

Why some people still think that a sample size of about 95k on Steam (all-time peak, there are more owners of the game which are to account for) cannot represent the general health of the game and player sentiment is still kind of beyond me.

Yes, most players don't use Steam, but there is no reason to believe that those who are not on Steam feel any different about XIV than those who are.

I am just as baffled. Clearly these people haven't taken many statistics classes. A sample size of roughly 1000 random people is enough to be considered a reasonable sample size in most situations. I'm not sure why they believe 95,000 doesn't.

[Wasselin]

No, but generally, the more fun a game is, the more people want to come and play it. Which was part of the reason behind the "WoW exodus" to FFXIV in the first place.

Well then I guess we should all quit FFXIV and go play Fortnite since it must be more fun since it has more players?

There is obviously a lot more that makes a game popular than "fun." Advertising, burnout, competition... etc... that doesn't mean people, like myself, aren't having fun playing FFXIV regardless of if there is an "exodus". Was the game less fun in ARR or Heavensward and that's why there were less players then? Why do I remember that time fondly then?

[Catwho]

No, but generally, the more fun a game is, the more people want to come and play it. Which was part of the reason behind the "WoW exodus" to FFXIV in the first place.




I am just as baffled. Clearly these people haven't taken many statistics classes. A sample size of roughly 1000 random people is enough to be considered a reasonable sample size in most situations. I'm not sure why they believe 95,000 doesn't.

Because that sample size is from a single population - steam players. That means all that information is telling you is about steam players. For all we know, the population of PS5 players could have had an even more drastic drop.