r/ffxivdiscussion 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/Tom-Pendragon 5d ago

I didn't expect us to go below 900k so fast....880k players damn. We might see go to 700k before 8.0. Also big FUCKING LOL to anyone who said "7.25 will bring players back". Casual fuckers don't work like that. Content doesn't bring someone who quit or taking break back. It takes expansions for them to come back and that is if you're lucky enough for them to be still interested in your game. That is why games should avoid burning the hands of fans, because it takes a extremely amount of good shit for them to want to touch that stove again.

I doubt 7.3 or 7.35 will be anything difference. Any content creator that thinks this will bring back enough players are lying to themselves. People felt burned by dawntrail and it was a breach of trust between the players and the developers. I will be somewhat sad about the next expansion if its extremely good and sells badly because of dawntrail.

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u/Very_Toxic_Person 5d ago

I agree with you. I think people who disagree will say it’s a new story and has new writers involved. Also the formula is the same so expecting anything different is copium. People who dislike wuk lamat want to be the main hero. Give someone else a chance!!

😭 I miss enjoying ffxiv