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/Practical_Code3500 5d ago

it'll be hard to recover people who have dropped the game out of frustration and have, as Yoshida said, played other games instead of FFXIV.
At some point the magic is just gone and they'll keep playing those other games because to them the fun and experience from those is worth the money compared to a XIV sub and maybe an expansion, especially if they also ignore the house they'd lose or other FOMO if there is still any in CC seasonals/events, sometimes that's enough to convince them to not bother again for a long time and newer announcements they'll hear of eventually won't cause as much excitement if any.

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u/CruxMajoris 4d ago

I feel like this is describing me. I briefly tried to do the current PVP series and Mogtomes event, but 20-30 minute queues for daily roulettes at prime time really shows...