The hit MMO Final Fantasy XIV has reached 27 million registered customers, up from 24 million round this time final yr. During a latest livestream, director Naoki Yoshida broke the information through a gold disco ball, which he had Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda unfurl to disclose the grand quantity. 

It’s a formidable development, helped by the truth that Final Fantasy XIV is an MMO that may be performed on PlayStation units, along with PC. And being free-to-play up till degree 60 and the sport’s second growth, Heavensward, would not damage both.

Final Fantasy XIV has grown in recognition (and revenue) since its relaunch, however hit a specific surge forward of the discharge of its Endwalker growth in late 2021. New gamers had been coming at such a excessive quantity that Square needed to cease promoting the sport on two separate events, one in all which lasted into early 2022, so as to add extra server house. 

Yoshida added that the sport’s not far off from reaching 28 million gamers, and that means the 30 million milestone can be in sight. Square Enix builders appear assured it will probably attain that quantity by subsequent yr, which is able to mark the 10-year anniversary of the MMO’s first marketing campaign, A Realm Reborn.  

That’s a very long time for an MMO to be round, not to mention one which went via a really public reboot. Last yr, Yoshida defined that the sport’s longevity is owed to the period of time builders should innovate and discover new concepts.