Looks Like the PS4 Made a Difference (2 Million+ Registered)Follow

Admin double post!


Edited, Apr 17th 2014 7:25am by Thayos

I dunno considering all the newbies and the absurd amount of lag we've had (which they're doing infrastructure upgrades YET AGAIN to fix) I believe it.

They don't even have to comb the database for this kind of data. It's a basic query. SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(*) FROM database.Logins WHERE database.Logins.Date = (04162014);

Boom, done. It'll take all of thirty seconds. That spits out how many unique logins there were on that date. (I'm sure the actual database table names are more complex, but this is the basic gist of how simple this query is.)

If Preludes had a retainer, it would bring him a tinfoil hat.

Actually I edited my post because your data Bartel posted is from before 2.2 and PS3 and not after.

I still feel my original post is accurate or pretty close on the numbers.

I feel like there was a big increase after 2.2 (hell the lag for several days proved that) and then a decline because the relic atma thing was a horrible idea bring the actual daily log ins down.. Then there was a resurgence of players with PS4 bring the numbers back up.. I have ran into some new player in lower level dungeons.
But I dont feel like there is that many more than before 2.2 at least on our sever.







Edited, Apr 17th 2014 12:55pm by Nashred

He sure did.

I remember when Yoshi-P was chosen as the new director/producer, and a lot of gamers were mystified by the decision... but wow, he was the right man for the job!

The reviews for the game are only getting better, too. The pace and size of content updates has been far above average for the MMO industry, and the game's transition to the PS4 has been flawless... and the way the game plays on the Vita will set the standard for MMOs to come.

Imagine the coverage when news of the expansion starts leaking out... we're already seeing blurbs about how players will be able to somehow fly, I'm assuming with FC airships...

The future is very, very bright!

Atma farming reminded me of NM hunting back in the day, only I actually got 12 atma in less than a week.

Wtf Thayos, why did you remove my vote buttons?

Oh ok, low rank.

Edited, Apr 17th 2014 6:05pm by preludes

Yeah, your asshattery has blossomed to a point that you can no longer provide your opinion on other people's asshattery.

Congratulations...The next step: auto-default and the people who have that filtered out will never see another thread you create. So, keep it up, and we all might finally be able to really pretend you don't exist!!

I hope you get muted for your snyde remarks too... I've never seen a board with admins so lenient... how your post count is so high is the real crime lol

We've always given people long leashes. To get banned from these boards, you almost have to BEG for it. Unless you're posting spam, you'd get actual warnings from admins (and other disciplinary actions, such as forum mutes) before the banhammer would fall. I've only ever had to ban one person over out-of-control attitude problems (and I've only ever muted a few).

That said, I'd almost always prefer arguing with people than banning or censoring them. If you come here to dish it, you'd best be willing to take it.



I'm not sure it's quite like that. Yoshi-P has mentioned the 1.8-million figure as "characters," so this recent news probably refers to characters as well. Now, if Catwho makes two characters, then that probably counts as two toward the total. However, upgrading from the ps3 to the ps4 version wouldn't cause new characters to be registered. In other words, I'd be shocked if the number was as artificially inflated as you're suggesting it could be.

The PS4 is selling like hot cakes, and all the reviews for ARR on the PS4 have been glowing. It's obvious by playing the game right now that the servers are experiencing an influx of players, too, and clearly not just because of 2.2. It's not exactly a mystery that lots of new people are joining the game.

But, as I've said from the beginning, an influx of X registrations doesn't mean an influx of X subscribers. Only SE knows the science of the game's retention rate.

Edited, Apr 17th 2014 3:31pm by Thayos

Oh, you're right, it's NOT characters created.

"The more Yoshida talks about what he's achieved so far and what they have planned, the less tired he seems. He starts with the hard stats: 1.8 million players around the world, 6.7 million characters created, over 400 million hours played. It is, he says with certainty, 'the largest MMO released out of Japan.'"

Source: http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/13/5405344/final-fantasy-14s-playstation-4-launch-is-just-the-start-for-naoki

So 1.8 million players, which includes 500,000 (before 2.2) who log in and play daily? Seems to be the simplest interpretation of what he's said.

Unless I'm missing an interview where he (or another official SE source) clarifies that the number is based on registration codes entered? Seems to me that if Filth's logic were correct, then the number of registration codes entered would be above 6 million (because registration codes would be breeding registration codes that bred registration codes).

Also, from the interview I posted:



Registered users seems to indicate people who are registered.

Edited, Apr 17th 2014 4:50pm by Thayos

Fixed that for you.

Edited, Apr 17th 2014 4:51pm by Thayos

No. I'm still using my 1.0 legacy account without any upgrades. I've talked about getting the CE but opted against it, because I don't feel it provides any real value. (Yeah, fat chocobo is cool, but I have Legacy Chocobo who is even cooler.)

So unless they count my now-wiped alpha and beta codes, I only have the one account registered.

I did have two FFXI accounts for a long time. Full paid accounts. Only cancelled the second one after I finished up Dharp and no longer needed an emergency WHM on hand.