playlist233: Oddly enough, the content creators complaining about lack of content was the moment I realized they were out of touch with my playstyle and I stopped watching them.
Seedmember: The whole "omg 14 has no content, is dead now" drama really soured my opinion about a lot of 14 content creators.
Long, dramatic rants, that in essence were saying "we have no content to stream 10 hours per day". Then don't. Play some PvP if you want something repetitive, otherwise just play something else until new content is added.
ArchieGamez: Thats quite interesting ngl, the fact they managed to have higher sub numbers than SHB during lull periods in EW is crazy
densha63: Hello! In my humble opinion, I think what other content creators mentioned "lack of content" is simply limited to what they define as lacking large scale operations like Eureka and Bozja and during that time, I hear a lot of people complaining they don't like Bozja...then fast forward now, the same people complaining the absence of these contents...sheessh. Honestly, I don't see the "content drought" to be honest. I still got a ton of things to do in game :). I'm wishing for more FFXIV 10 years down the line :D
greggreyes6869: that guy on reddit that keep on posting threads on the ff subs that ffxiv is losing money gonna loose their mind. lmao
picxal1948: Seems like the player retention is incredibly solid. This goes to show that you need to go with what you feel and observe yourself, not with what a loud minority of the user base is saying.
Scootapuff88: Basically matches what I've been saying all along. Down from the absolute peak, but still at a very healthy level.
shirox11: Their are definitely very valid criticisms for endwalker, but anyone who was spouting bs like “the game is going to die” or “this is the end of ffxiv” was talking out of their ass. FFxiv was never in any actual danger
sethharrison2284: One of the biggest selling points of XIV during the WoW Exodus is how much it respected your time and was an MMO you could fit into your schedule. And that was and still is true. The VAST majority of people who play XIV also play other games and have responsibilities. The vast majority of complaints about EW come from a vocal minority who only play XIV several hours every single day.

I am convinced the only major issue EW had was no exploratory zone to keep the people who play the game 24/7 satisfied. They just want to convince themselves that balancing and jobs changes will make the game more fun for them but the real issue is they play this game too damn much and have an unhealthy relationship with it. They are burnt out and don't want to admit it.
barisaxman2: This was my first time being current at end game for FF14. I resubbed for multiple patches, more often than i ever did when playing WoW expansions. I am more of a casual player, never really getting into the raid scene. I love being able to dip in and out whenever i feel like it.
kultres5920: I am not full casual, but this is the only expansion that I was basically logging in just to keep my house for 6months.
Lack of bozja/eureka was felt.
But then again enjoyed many other games and enjoyed EW for everything it had.
People just being...people
Aitherea: As a small content creator myself, I had felt like the EW stuff was really overblown xD I was like "but I played during shb and we had lulls like this too." I honestly didnt see a difference
auroninja: Pfft critics. Everyone has an opinion. Some are just louder and more annoying about theirs than others. I like what I like. I don't need some jabroni to tell me what to not like.
AlleluiaElizabeth: These numbers tell me its a miracle I actually finally got a house. lol Like, more of a miracle than usual, I mean. All hail the lottery system. XD
droopyturtle98: Holy shit EW current downtime income is much higher than SHB release thats amazing
grygaming5519: I'd actually like to point this out. The best and worst thing for a game are the streamers themselves. Its great advertising but when the game starts to slide towards catering to the streamers....it harms the game overall. Games that have allowed streamers to dictate things always seem to lose the bulk of the player base. It creates this feedback loop that most games can never climb out once they start to dig.
seven2eight2: while i agree that the game is still in a healthy place post EWs massive peak, its undeniable that the drop off is also the largest post expansion drop. stormblood and shadowbringers were trending smaller and smaller decreases in revenue. are we just ignoring that?
Ryuujinv01: I reactivated towards the end of the patch content after hearing grumblings about how bad it was. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. The humor was on point and they did a good job of getting you to care about a new side character what's not to love.
Jelloshotmod2: i truly believe that most of the people complaining online about EW are simply in a bubble and have no idea of what the wider player base is feels or thinks. i also believe that had c19 or the wow exodus never happened people would've complained almost as much about ShB as they did with EW. the wow exodus, coupled with c19 brought an unprecedented amount of new players that it distracted the veteran players long enough till the release of EW. weskalber made a video about this as well talking about how the complaints of EW are overblown and some of the same complaints could easily be levied at HW yet people hold that xpac in high regards.
vespi57: When all the criticism of Endwalker started to appear, some outright claimed the game is dying. I always said it is too early to make that conclusion, and the numbers here are proof of that. Now that the single player aspect is more or less completed, Dawntrail will deliver the post patch content players want. We can only hope it lives up to the expectations, and I have strong belief it will.
4SkippyRoo: so grateful to have this channel back in my feed! Really a breath of fresh air in the ffxiv content space
rtbear674: You think people who just joined during the endwalker's rise would run out of things to do now? They don't
normal people aren't content creators. even for raid I'm almost finished with TEA and UCOB, some years old contents, after clearing uwu on april. Still have DSR and TOP. Then they have the new one coming.

Sad thing is EW relic will be outdated fast, because of the non adjustable stat. Though I get why, with EW relic stat, and you allocate it for lv UWU and ucob, you can get a weapon with 4 substat maxed out.
fayte0618: 2022 and 2023 was also the busiest year in gaming with the biggest games releasing like elden ring
alexandrepinto3936: My bad if I missed the info, but we also need to underline that the "big" decline post EW is also due to the fact that it is the first time since ARR that there are 2 financial years between one expansion and another. Thanks for the video as always !
Enderlinkpawnu: Here was my view on it:

The lack of midcore content expecially in Endwalker IS an issue. However, its nowehere near as bad as people are making it up to be. As someone more midcore myself, I felt this lack of content in Endwalker in particular (the midcore content I have left to do is not Endwalker content). HOWEVER, while this is an issue, it isn't going to kill the game instantly, as people are preaching it will. This kind of thing is a slow killer, but only if left unaddressed for long enough.

For example, lets take Borrowed Power and the daily systems of Shadowlands. People hated
awworrell: I'm not to sure this disapproves what content creators or people in the community are saying. when you consider the mass backlog of content new people have when joining the game, it makes sense that they would stay subbed longer generally speaking over those who are at endgame. There is simply more for them to do and endgame issues aren't something they are concerned with.

Also I would be curious about taking the percentage decline between expansions relative to the total number of subs. The graph while nominally holds true there are more subs than ever that is a pretty steep decline. It may be that because there are more people subbed declines are going to be larger because the player base is larger. Also Yoshi-p himself has already come out in interviews basically agreeing with the conversations bout post content in endwalker.

I tend to agree with the content creators since I got into savage raiding because I didn't have anything else to do in the game. I don't play 10 hours per day but do play more than your average person. In Shadowbringers or Stormblood, I would spend time in the large scale content which consumed most of my time but in general I didn't have much of anything to do outside of raiding. I also just took a lot of breaks from the game too because well very little to do.

Jun 21 2024

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