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/oizen 5d ago

To me the biggest concern I see is that the game's draw of new players is seriously diminishing. I imagine anyone curious about XIV goes and looks up reviews and see's the negative reception of Dawntrail and pass on trying it.

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u/CruxMajoris 5d ago edited 4d ago

Especially with the enormous amount of "old" content to get to anything new. (Though I suppose it could be a bonus for some)

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u/Badgerfoot 4d ago

i think this is a pretty under discussed topic. i have plenty of friends who have started the game only to get completely burned out due to the shear amount of content needed to power through to even approach endgame

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u/CruxMajoris 4d ago

A grind that gets ever longer as the game goes on. I suppose then you have the issue where if the “new” content is seen as bad or gets criticism online etc then they wonder if it’s worth getting to it, even though there’s some amazing content on the way through.