Final Fantasy 14 now most profitable game in the series

Final Fantasy 14 is now the most profitable game in Square Enix’s RPG series.

Naoki Yoshida, Final Fantasy 14 director, revealed at a recent Endwalker expansion preview event that the MMO has now surpassed 24 million players, as reported by IGN.

This comes 11 years after the game was originally released and critically panned in its initial state. In a chart shared with the press, the game had 4 million registered users in 2015, then hit 10 million at the release of third expansion Stormblood in 2017. Since then, the numbers have doubled.

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“You all know just how hard things were for us with the original Final Fantasy 14,” Yoshida said in reference to the game’s launch. “Since then, we were able to transform the title into one that provides a major contribution to our company’s profits.”