Final Fantasy XIV Failure Inevitable?

[twesterm]

StanGable said:

twesterm said:
Well what do you know, it's releasing simultaneously on PS3 and PC so looks like your argument is completely blown out of the water.

Not necessarily my friend. Did you skip my thoughts in what has helped make WoW so succesful? I can guarantee you that FFXIV will not have t he same requirements that WoW does limiting a HUGE chunk of people that play WoW. Or do you believe that WoW's success was thanks to hardcore players? I can guarantee you that a very small niche people would upgrade to play this. Now its only hope is the PS3 userbase and again, how many people are willing to shed monthly fees? I'm sure it won't be as many as the total  userbase that FFXI has

FFXI's requirements weren't that hefty and I don't expect FFIV's to be that hefty.  I had a shitty PC back in the day and I could play FFXI just fun, the only thing you need is the good internet connection.

Yes, they will be greater than that of WoW's but that's because WoW is, what, five years old?