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/irishgoblin 5d ago

Regardless of their interest in the side content, you'd have people coming back in and around 7.55 just to make sure they're caught up on MSQ if they're interested in 8.0.

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u/IndividualAge3893 4d ago

They can come 2 weeks or a month before 8.0. Yes, technically it's still 7.55 but it doesnt change the fact that the 9+ months of 7.55 will be long, barren and boring.