FFXI ending soon?

[Malacite]

Some people were chatting about this on ARR today, saying that SoE is going to shut the game down by the end of next year. Haven't been able to run up anything about this myself however on Google.

Just rumors/hearsay?

[cidbahamut]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

I don't see what Sony Online Entertainment has to do with FFXI.

Also you're a fucking idiot.

[Malacite]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

Uh, the PS2 client?

[Icemage]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

As long as they continue to make money net on FFXI subscriptions, the servers will stay open.

/thread


Icemage

[Etra]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

Uh, the PS2 client?

Which has what to do with what? FFXI doesn't connect to any kind of SoE server, as SoE had no servers for PS2. Everything is run by SE.

brain. what is?

[Malacite]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

idk. pulled a J9 on this I guess lmao.

lock/delete. Don't really care either since I don't play and have no plans on going back, was just curious (especially since apparently like 90% of the population has left the game out of rage/frustration with the devs, or so the forums claim).

[Etra]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

or so the forums claim).

/makes thread about things he heard
/embarrasses himself
/replies with more random things he heard
/entire galaxy facepalms

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

(especially since apparently like 90% of the population has left the game out of rage/frustration with the devs, or so the forums claim).

90% left, counting every player who ever played? Or is it actually about the number of current players compared to some particular point in time?

I wish people would be more specific when they make up fake statistics and confuse opinions for facts.

[Ketaru]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

It is also quite possibly that all the veteran players left because they realized...

..."Holy shit! I've been playing the exact same game for 11 years!"

[cidbahamut]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

It is also quite possibly that all the veteran players left because they realized...

..."Holy shit! I've been playing the exact same game for 11 years!"

I had that reaction after 3 years when I quit, but that's not at all the reason I left the game.

[Firewind]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

I think mine was:

"Holy shit, where are the EU players?"

[Hayde]

Re: FFXI ending soon?

I still hop on FFXI from time to time; Valefor...while not being a populated server for some years now, is certainly worse than before. I'm not going to comment on whether FFXI is dying, or if the servers will be shut down next year (doubtful considering a new expansion just released earlier this year) but for reference, peak time on Valefor consists of roughly 420~500 people. Tonight I logged on briefly to chat with an old friend and a /sea all included 427 people around 8PM CST. Last Friday, I logged on very briefly to tell a friend what server I was playing FFXIV on, and there was about 489 people.

I suppose the saddest thing I've seen tonight was there were 2 people in Abyssea La Theine at peak time and the guy forming a group for worms shouted for about 45 minutes (no joke either, I was in West Adoulin afking partially while people ringed on the doorbell for Halloween) and he still only had 5/18 people. Now you can of course make the argument that it's 2013 and most people probably burned every job (or at least every job they like) up to 99 already, but it's still shocking considering the last time I truly played, I had to wait to get a spot for merit points...and it wasn't even that long ago.