Final Fantasy XIV's update dated and expanded

@Tizmah The PS3 release has been delayed until 14 can get into an enjoyable state (par the developers). So you might be waiting a bit longer, but when you do get the game it should be rather good.

@kunic I'm not going to play on PS3, March is still a date that I've set to see if the game is enjoyable.

@augustgrace

I don't know why people keep saying it's "impressive" that they admitted the game sucks. It's like admitting the sky is blue.

@Lost Bookshop

'was' refers to 'first', so yes, it's correct.

@pcgneurotic

Simply read it out aloud, go on I dare instead of defending it for the sake of defending it,

...ever since the first of several teasers was made public.

or

...ever since the first of several teasers were made public.

Or would you like me to explain it,? I can do so but you might as well just look it up.

While you do that can you fix the fact that I spent hard earned money on a broken game that everyone but you and Eliot and some really die hard fans seem intent on defending in the face of everyone and the the company who made the game. We could get a fund together, you could pay me to shut up and you can go have a night job in FFXIV.

I want my money back, not going to happen. I want an internet opinion site to not have a biased mouth piece. Maybe that could happen?

@Lost Bookshop. That's why you need to think for yourself and look on multiple sites for information if you plan on buying a game.

Joystiq gets payed off, so why wouldn't this site be payed off too?

I did my research and knew the game was gonna suck before I bought it, but I saw an unboxing video and impulsively bought it for the awesome CE box (It now sits on my big fancy PC).
I also thought they will eventually make the game better, and still do.

@Alpoe

No hard numbers, but servers are pretty booming since the November patch. Especially around the lv20/30 Aetherytes, where the majority of players seem to be atm.

@Alpoe
Last count the servers stood under 30,000 players.

@Nenene Is there a site that still tracks population or is that the number prior to the November update?

@chum
Last count was just before the November update. That update was the one where they disabled the ability to do world searches, presumably because it was being used to track the decline of the player population.

Total BS if you ask me.

@Betel

It may count for something but for most people it will not be enough. Fans of the franchise, I suspect, are the only ones easy to forgive mistakes of the past, but the simple truth is that they have known the terrible state the game was in since beta. Devs chose to ignore, let alone communicate with the betatesting community, and despite cries of desperation that the game was nowhere near polished enough for release, knowing this full well Square Enix decided to push it out of the gate 2 months before the big C to capitalize on impulse purchases from brand recognition and fans of the franchise alone.

Other MMOs may not have admitted their mistakes so openly, but lets be honest here - even at its worst state, nothing comes close to the colossal blunder that was made with FFXIV. We will see if future patches will address the issues that plague the game, but as one reviewer said, "Fun" isnt something you can just patch into a game, and that is what it is missing most at the moment.

@Betel Customer service-wise, yes they have done the right things but design-wise they've failed miserably and that is why people got laid off. No reason to sugar coat what happened.