Originally Posted by little ninja  |
| Can we really go off of the "500k" number anymore? |
Seems like it was still ~500k users, up to about two months ago.
From
List of Square-Enix Interviews, and Citations, 04/18/07 - Gamewatch Interview:
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Editor: FFXI had 500 thousand users last year, but how are things currently?
Tanaka: Barely any change at all. Japan has seen an increase while North America has seen a small decrease.
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Editor: Would you attribute the decrease in North America to WoW?
Tanaka: No, there doesn't seem to be a connection. Recently we've been eliminating many accounts due to misconduct. Those numbers match the decrease we've seen. (lol) Honest users have not changed but dishonest users we feel are the one that have been culled from the game.
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Editor: Do you hear of players being banned only to immediately return?
Tanaka: We're gradually eliminating that as well. It's a vicious circle but as we keep at it, they eventually give up.
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Editor: So all in all, the playerbase does not fluctuate much?
Tanaka: That's right. After all these years it's a little sad when you think about it. Users increase whenever we add a new region or release to a new platform. Besides that, things never really go up or down. Therefore we're interested to see how things increase with the French and German versions, despite there being no new regions. |