Well unlike other MMO's it was very hard to predict how popular this game would be. Pre-Order sales ain't enough to go on. The fact that this was a previous MMO means that all the 1.0 players have been re-invited with free game time they don't even have to be active players just people who picked up FF14 1.0 at some point. That alone could stand to be 500,000 - 1,000,000 + people. yet on the other side of the coin none could of came back and they would be dealing with new players only.


At some point Square had to sit down and reach a middle-ground with predicted sales and returning players. Obviously they got it wrong but there's no sense dwelling on it. There planning to fix it and compensate by wednesday. If they fail to get it sorted then, well by all means scream the forums down.