why do people keep bringing up that game? It already proved itself, that has nothing to do with FF14, which has yet to prove itself, it hasnt been profitable and it hasnt been a success 

The point is that FFXIV's low sales aren't taht big a deal if they can get a decent subscriber base.

Whether that happens remains to be seen, but saying the game sold "below most FFs" means squat.

the thing is, those images shows ranking base on users interest. in my previous post i mention not many people was in possession of a high spec PC at the time of its release, and they're still waiting for the ps3 version up until this day because they don't want to build or buy a new PC just for one game. Why ignore the console players? people are either slightly less or equally interested in owning it on ps3, or both systems. The good news is 2.0 will be less taxing on PC so that even lower specs can run it. If more people have access to it the better.

I dont know how many people actually play 14 (I do!) but the game, even in its failure state, still has many many people logging onto it. I play on Aegis and there are many westerners and probably triple the number of Japanese players. If SE didnt believe that there was no future in the game, they would have not gone through with the massive change. It sucks that it put pretty much every game on the back burner for two plus years, but...

The thing is... the MMO market from nowadays isnt the MMO market when FFXI launched. There is fierce competition and a few good games to choose from.

FF has to pull off a game that really appeals to fans or its losing its time. I am curious to see what is they redone to the game besides graphics.

Selling 300k is not good enough for any FF game and subscriptions are alot more difficult to keep and justify next to some of the free to play models.

If they're rebuilding it from scratch, I really think they should give it another name because right now "Final Fantasy XIV" is associated with bad reviews/impressions.

hmm not sure if this is fair for people who have to wait longer for other games now. i mean, what would be more fair, people having to wait longer for their games because of the development of this game or people who want ffXIV waiting longer for this game which is the reason for all the problems?

but square is a company, they do what they think is best for them and i can understand this but just talking about the fans, i think this is pretty bad and unfair.

fair enough, but people would actually have to BUY the game to subscribe, and how much subscribers would they need for it to be successful.

ok, fair enough this makes sense. Did you really need a high end PC just to run the game? Cause that would explain some things. I have no issue with them trying to improve, my problem is that its at the expense of other games. Excuse me for being a bit skeptical that it will all be worth it in the end. BUt for SE's sake I hope it does turn around, i dont really get a kick out of seeing a series I usually liked to be the laughingstock of the gaming world, MMO or otherwise

this is how I feel