txrattlesnake on 04 June 2009
"As of 2008, in an announcement for three additional expansions in development, SE noted Final Fantasy XI still has a strong user base of around 500,000 subscribers. [5] As of April 22nd, 2009 there are 2,000,000 active characters. Four expansions for the game have been released, capitalizing on the game's success.""
Also, the use of the word "still" in the above paragraphs implies that at one point in time the game had even more users
