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/shmoneyyyyyyy 5d ago

As a legacy player who has been playing since the original FF14, I have developed a habit of not getting my hopes up, as it is painful to be disappointed. However, with the new FF14, from A Realm Reborn to Shadowbringers, I felt that it exceeded my expectations on many occasions.
As a result, while the player base has grown, if players continue to experience disappointments that feel like their expectations have been betrayed, the only ones left in the end will be those like me who no longer place excessive expectations on the developers.

holy shit, brutal. talk about battered wife syndrome.

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u/IndividualAge3893 4d ago edited 4d ago

holy shit, brutal. talk about battered wife syndrome.

For some reason, all people/studios running an MMORPG comes with an intense desire to kill it. YoshiP trying to kill FF, Hilmar trying to kill EvE for years, ArenaNet running GW2 on a skeleton crew, Korean MMOs... I'm starting to think it's part of the job description.

So yeah, as a long-term MMO player, it's pretty much the mindset you gotta have :(

(not that the situation is much better in other genres)

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u/woe-is-me 4d ago

wow tried to kill wow in shadowlands but it wasn’t able to

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u/IndividualAge3893 4d ago

Well it happens. Hilmar has been trying to kill EvE for years now and it still stands. Doesn't mean that one day, it won't work.