Face it, this game is in maintenance mode now, i.e. managed decline

[Skiros]

Hop over to fresh new 10/10 games like Forspoken

[MagiusNecros]

You spelled Hogwarts Legacy wrong. Although the game I go back to the most these days is Deep Rock Galactic. ROCK AND STONE!

[MistakeNot]

Considering that FF11 (which actually is in official maintenance mode) still gets regular updates more often than many MMOs that are supposedly actively developed, I think I will trust FF14 to be developed for many more years and not "hop over" to some random unproven game.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Just got back and already making multiple threads, huh? Lots of catching up to do.

[VelKallor]

You spelled Hogwarts Legacy wrong.

..hasnt even been released yet?

[RukoBoshi]

Just got back and already making multiple threads, huh? Lots of catching up to do.

Going for quantity over quality too. I've seen funnier troll post.

[Skiros]

Hogwarts Legacy

Don't let Twitter catch you saying that!

[sharknado]

..hasnt even been released yet?

Some already got it and are playing. Official early access is on the 7th and worldwide on the 10th of Feb

[MagiusNecros]

..hasnt even been released yet?

It's that fresh. And I can't wait to get lost on February 10th! It's gonna be exciting!!

[Jeeqbit]

If you believe that, then have fun in Forspoken.

There isn't currently any evidence that it's in decline, but evidence like that takes time to be presented because how statistics are collected over time and how company reports are usually quarterly.

The last statistics from Lucky Bancho, is 1.36 million active characters as of the end of last year.

Compared to the same time 2 years before it, where we had 900,000 active characters, that is an increase of 460,000 characters.

Compared to the same patch in Shadowbringers, just before 5.3, where we had 970,000 active characters, that is an increase of 390,000 characters.

I'm always open minded about this happening eventually, but the evidence doesn't currently show a decline.