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

[Connor]

Not to dismiss previous discussion but I feel like this might (partially) be a ‘it’s not that deep bro’ situation lol.

Like does there really have to be a reason why people choose console/steam/whatever? Like I’ve always used console / PSwhatever, but it’s not really for any other reason than it’s what I’ve always have. If I’d had PC’s in the place of those consoles, I’d probably be using Steam or something else, since again it’d be like ‘well I’m already using this for everything else’ lol.

Again that’s not to say ‘the argument is over because they didn’t really think about it all’ lol, but I do think it’s worth considering that at least some players just kind of ‘end up’ using console/steam/etc rather than making ‘a fully informed choice’ lol. It might not be always be a ‘deliberate’ choice

[Ath192]

Not to dismiss previous discussion but I feel like this might (partially) be a ‘it’s not that deep bro’ situation lol.

Like does there really have to be a reason why people choose console/steam/whatever? Like I’ve always used console / PSwhatever, but it’s not really for any other reason than it’s what I’ve always have. If I’d had PC’s in the place of those consoles, I’d probably be using Steam or something else, since again it’d be like ‘well I’m already using this for everything else’ lol.

Again that’s not to say ‘the argument is over because they didn’t really think about it all’ lol, but I do think it’s worth considering that at least some players just kind of ‘end up’ using console/steam/etc rather than making ‘a fully informed choice’ lol. It might not be always be a ‘deliberate’ choice

Don't tell them that. Their entire argument falls apart because all they can do is desperately cling to the idea it is that deep so they can deny reality.

[BigCheez]

Not to dismiss previous discussion but I feel like this might (partially) be a ‘it’s not that deep bro’ situation lol.

Like does there really have to be a reason why people choose console/steam/whatever? Like I’ve always used console / PSwhatever, but it’s not really for any other reason than it’s what I’ve always have. If I’d had PC’s in the place of those consoles, I’d probably be using Steam or something else, since again it’d be like ‘well I’m already using this for everything else’ lol.

Again that’s not to say ‘the argument is over because they didn’t really think about it all’ lol, but I do think it’s worth considering that at least some players just kind of ‘end up’ using console/steam/etc rather than making ‘a fully informed choice’ lol. It might not be always be a ‘deliberate’ choice

I would assume there is a reason that every player decided whether to buy through Steam or directly from SE but I don't think that reason has any impact on how likely a player is to stop playing the game. It's just a combination of people being contrarians and/or feeling oddly compelled to run damage control for the devs.

We literally have the data. The reduction in players on Steam aligns with the numbers from the Lucky Bancho report. Steam players aren't dropping the game at a higher rate than the rest of the playerbase.