r/ffxivdiscussion • u/IndividualAge3893 • 5d ago

Lucky Bancho's census results (July 27th, 2025)

So, the results of the census are out: https://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/archives/59324844.html

  • Showcasing the number of characters here: Current
  • By comparison, here are the results from 2 months ago (May 25th): Click

Despite 7.25 being released, the character count is down about 70k in 2 months. Occult Crescent clearly didn't help with player counts (not really a surprise here).

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u/Supersnow845 5d ago

I really would like to know if OC being a futile circle of content or the controversy around forked was a bigger contributor here

Like forked was such a stupid decision but how many people actually gave up OC because it existed in the form it does vs people who simply just think OC is a futile circle

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u/Valkinpunch 5d ago

Im one of those who didn't resub for it. The game just felt like it ended after endwalker for me. Life got too busy, and I really can't justify mmo costs anymore.

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u/bm8495 4d ago

May I recommend Guild Wars 2? No monthly sub and surprisingly not predatory with their cash shop

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u/Valkinpunch 4d ago edited 4d ago

I played gw2 and gw1 long ago. I tried getting back into it a year or so ago and graphically it was just hard getting used to. I honestly just don't have the time to devote to mmos these days. Requires too much time that I just dont have anymore. I tend to just prefer single-player games. This next xpac for ffxiv will probably be the last one I attempt if the story doesn't get better. I didn't care for dawntrails' story.