Prices dropping...fast

[Vaigrant]

Re: Prices dropping...fast

Bolded for emphasis. You mean after 3+ years and expanding into new territories (Namely, EU) that the population hasn't increased? So, what has happened? Yes, it's been decreasing.

JP/NA players leaving
EU players coming on to replace

= Same number of people.

Now, fast forward a year from now. What happens when EU players start to leave and SE don't expand into *gasp* China or Russia or Africa, etc... Who's going to replace them?

As long as an MMORPG is enjoyable itll run and have an influx of new players. I doubt we have to worry about FFXI shutting down soon, there havent been many MMO's that have actually Shut Down, I mean look at EQ 1, its still up and running and really its not all that great.

If you ask me its mostly from the loss of all that Gil and RMT. All markets experiance rises and falls, and plus now its time for school so alot of people arent playing as much as they did during the Summer Time. Not to mention the number of accounts that SE has Banned and Suspended for RMT and 3rd Party Software in recent months. I highly doubt FFXI is in any danger of "Shutting Down" for quite some time, if EQ1 is still running about 7-8 years after its initial launch then FF has a long way to go.

[little ninja]

Re: Prices dropping...fast

As long as an MMORPG is enjoyable itll run and have an influx of new players. I doubt we have to worry about FFXI shutting down soon, there havent been many MMO's that have actually Shut Down, I mean look at EQ 1, its still up and running and really its not all that great.
If you ask me its mostly from the loss of all that Gil and RMT. All markets experiance rises and falls, and plus now its time for school so alot of people arent playing as much as they did during the Summer Time. Not to mention the number of accounts that SE has Banned and Suspended for RMT and 3rd Party Software in recent months. I highly doubt FFXI is in any danger of "Shutting Down" for quite some time, if EQ1 is still running about 7-8 years after its initial launch then FF has a long way to go.

last year my server was well over 3k, on the weekends it was over 4k. now today from 7-10 NA prime time, we barely seen 2k members. An how many of those are 24/7 bazaars, how many of those are botters or RMT is beyond me. so what maybe 1500 are active players, if even that

So will S.E shut downs the server anytime soon. not likely. But it is obvious that the more an more peeps are moving on. and as long as S.E is turning a profit, i see them leaving the servers up til they implode.