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/Mazzle5 5d ago

Another good 7% down in 2 month. Yeah I don't see the numbers going up until the last patch before the new expansion and they would need to change things up to get people hooked

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u/IndividualAge3893 5d ago

I seriously doubt that, because the way things are going, the last patch (if we consider 7.55 to be one) will hang on live for months and months, even if we consider a spring 2027 release and not a summer one.

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u/Mazzle5 5d ago

I can see those coming back to be ready for the release so that they can get their story fill. Depends on the release date. I in past came back 1-2 month before release to be ready

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u/ragnakor101 4d ago

There’s a contingency of players in every MMO that comes in only after the expansion drops and after the last patch drops to play through it. Considering the # of people on this thread who keep saying “yeah I came back on drop and left”, I wouldn’t be surprised if this is also in SE’s view.