You know what would increase subs?

[AlienDiplomat]

This is the NVIDIA tool I was talking about devs maybe using to automate the bulk of upscaling old games:

NVIDIA RTX Remix:
youtube.com/watch?v=Vg52-HZhrFc

[Kewitt]

I played ffxi for 10 years before switching to ffxiv, I go back from time to time but I would love a graphics overhaul.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Graphics wasn’t the big reason players left. Yes, you might get a small influx if the graphics changed, but those players would drift off again. The real damage came from SE’s own design choices:

Abyssea instantly killed all existing endgame areas overnight, funnelling everyone into one place.

Level cap raise to 99 and introduction of ilvl wiped out years of balanced endgame content in one go. This was the biggest error it should've just stayed at 75 and just kept adding content it WORKED.

Endgame equipment that took years to get became scrap

Relic weapons were left useless for months (if not over a year) before finally being updated.

Flowerpot exploit bans gutted the community trust. (funny how flowerpots managed to help kill both XI and 1.0 :P)

Party play was one of the game’s best features and was undermined in favour of solo play.

Yes, people left for WoW and Aion when they launched, partly because they looked better. But a huge number came back after a few months. What drove them away for good wasn’t the graphics, it was SE dismantling the community and progression structure that made the game special in the first place.

[Luluna]

I loved FFXI and still go back sometimes but the UI and clunky playonline puts me off. I will say though I prefer the world and atmosphere of FFXI and the battle system is much better for me at least. The exploration in FFXI is exciting.

I would love a graphic update and some of the UI sorting but I get worried what a remake would do as I am not into all the rush pew pew of the battles here in XIV, in FFXI mobs and bosses have meaning and strategy but here they all just blend into one boss where you just dodge and it has become tiresome and not fun.

I love turn based games and time to think but I am older and never really liked action type games, its such a shame because in 1.0 moving forward it would have been very similar to FFXI now its just wait for buttons to light up and dodge the big red circles on the floor. Also every job felt unique.

[Sunhwapark]

I would definitely try XI if the subs were merged.

[MayuAmakura]

Graphics would be better yeah but that's not the reason for people not playing. There are plenty of games with bad graphics yet they are fun to play and people stay. It's all about gameplay and how fun the game is. FF xiv online graphic update was OK but it left a lot of characters changed and in a wrong way. We still have Hyur face 1 eye bags sigh, but other faces don't have this. It's really criminal.

[Enkidoh]

Guys, FFXI is never getting a graphic overhaul/remake, just let it go already (the planned mobile version was about the closest they got to it, and development on that was canned long ago).

For better or for worse, FFXIV was what they chose to do instead (as in, the resources and money they decided was better spent on a new game rather than upgrading FFXI's graphic engine.).

[Vanfrano]

FFXI getting an upgrade would probably kill XIV since the former is the better game, the better FF and the better MMORPG, except for people who want to play sims and ERP.
Yoshida would never allow that, I'm pretty sure he secretly hates the people who still play XI over his game