This also applies to any MMO, new and old. Whenever a big streamer decides to play any MMO or even say that they will try it, the people that had no interest in the particular MMO will set aside their dislikes/excuses for not playing it to gather followers, subs, and viewers. Interest increases for a month at most. You'll see tweets/posts every day about "This game is awesome. Everyone should try this!" or "So & So is playing. We should make characters and try to join them.". UA-cam videos about the game are rapidly produced. Interest slowly goes down as bigger streamer(s)' interest start to fade or they see a new game on the horizon. New game becomes the new trend, thus everything happens again for that new game. Some streamers/content creators will stay in the previous trend while others will leave for the next trend. Even though people are all over the new trend, the previous trend will still flourish. If not, more than ever now that more people know about it.
Once a few big WoW streamers try XIV, the smaller streamers follow for curiosity and clicks. And the community follows. And us FFXIV players know that more players means the MMO will grow and endure much longer.
This also applies to any MMO, new and old.
Whenever a big streamer decides to play any MMO or even say that they will try it, the people that had no interest in the particular MMO will set aside their dislikes/excuses for not playing it to gather followers, subs, and viewers. Interest increases for a month at most. You'll see tweets/posts every day about "This game is awesome. Everyone should try this!" or "So & So is playing. We should make characters and try to join them.". UA-cam videos about the game are rapidly produced. Interest slowly goes down as bigger streamer(s)' interest start to fade or they see a new game on the horizon. New game becomes the new trend, thus everything happens again for that new game. Some streamers/content creators will stay in the previous trend while others will leave for the next trend.
Even though people are all over the new trend, the previous trend will still flourish. If not, more than ever now that more people know about it.
Once a few big WoW streamers try XIV, the smaller streamers follow for curiosity and clicks. And the community follows.
And us FFXIV players know that more players means the MMO will grow and endure much longer.