>Final Fantasy XIV is a re-launch of a failed 2010 MMO.<p>It is indeed a re-launch. But such a successful re-launch that they had to temporarily shut down digital downloads for nearly a month because they didn't expect such a large influx of players.<p>A relaunch that was so successful that they had to revise their earnings report from an estimated 20 million dollar operating loss for the financial year to a 48 million dollar profit[1]. The game has 1.5 million registered accounts[2]. But I guess mentioning that would certainly detract from the supposed doom and gloom of the franchise that author is trying to perpetrate.<p>I'm playing it. It's very fun. Here's a small article on it[0].<p>[0]<a href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/final-fantasy-xiv-a-realm-reborn-impressions-proud-to-be-an-mmorpg/" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/final-fantasy-xiv-a-re...</a><p>[1]<a href="http://www.vg247.com/2013/11/05/square-enix-financials-final-fantasy-14-relaunch-exceeds-projections-forecast-revised/" rel="nofollow">http://www.vg247.com/2013/11/05/square-enix-financials-final...</a><p>[2]<a href="http://www.siliconera.com/2013/10/25/final-fantasy-xiv-realm-reborn-1-5-million-registered-accounts/" rel="nofollow">http://www.siliconera.com/2013/10/25/final-fantasy-xiv-realm...</a>
> Final Fantasy XIV is a re-launch of a failed 2010 MMO. Final Fantasy XV, due out on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the near future, is actually just Final Fantasy Versus XIII<p>And yet the only Final Fantasy I'm looking forward to is the X/X-2 HD re-releases. After the horrible XII and XIII, of which I never would have even finished XII if it wasn't for bubble auto-leveling, XIII sits unfinished and XI was basically just destroyed, I just stopped caring about anything new SE was putting out.<p>I used to buy consoles based on where Final Fantasy was, now I just ignore them if they show up on a Playstation and don't care if they jump to the XBOX.
"you can fit so much more game into one unit, of course you want to put in more content so you come up with even more ideas" I actually wish they wouldn't keep adding more and keep future games a bit shorter in play time. Focus.