Final Fantasy XIV Crowded With WoW Players; Server Queues and New Record on Steam
Final Fantasy XIV is experiencing a true renaissance, dethroning the king of previous MMORPGs - World of Warcraft. Getting to the servers or even getting in the queue is quite an achievement. Meanwhile, a new activity record was set on Steam.
World of Warcraft, a competitive MMORPG from Blizzard, whose community - dissatisfied with the new content - decided to give Square Enix's title a chance.
What made WoW players switch to FFXIV? A big influence on their migration had Zack "Asmongold" - an American streamer associated mainly with World of Warcraft who for some time began to choose just the fourteenth FF. Materials of him playing Square Enix's game were watched in recent weeks by several hundred thousand Internet s. Apparently many of them decided to follow the example of the creator and also try out a different MMORPG. The result? The record, set last week, of 58,000 people simultaneously playing FFXIV on Steam fell and the new one stands at 67 thousand s.
WoW players are going on an adventure. The question is whether they will return. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/oljtts/wow_players_an_unexpected_journey.
Another reason could be that Final Fantasy XIV offers a free trial version, which includes the base game and the Endwalker, the fourth expansion for FFXIV.
Growing player base is certainly in Square Enix's interest. Blizzard, on the other hand, will have to act to stop this exodus - have left Blizzard's productions (all of them, not just WoW). So this may be the last call for Blizzard to protect itself from the effects of a bigger avalanche.
- Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker - official website
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