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Final Fantasy XIV Game Has 27 Million Registered Accounts
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Square Enix announced during its latest "Letter from the Producer LIVE" broadcast on Saturday that the Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG has reached more than 27 million registered players worldwide. The number of registered players includes trial accounts, and accounts from Japan, North America, Europe, China, and Korea.
Square Enix also announced during the livestream its plans to host the global series of Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festivals that will begin in the summer of 2023 and will end in early 2024.
Initial dates and venues for the Fan Festival include:
- North America
- Las Vegas Convention Center
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- July 28-29, 2023
- Europe
- The ExCeL Centre
- London, United Kingdom
- October 21-22, 2023
- Japan
- Venue to be announced
- Early 2024
The livestream further announced that the upcoming patch 6.25, which will release on October 18, will have additional in-game content including new side story quests, new weapon enhancement quests, new tribal quests (Omicron), new "variant dungeons" battle content, and criterion dungeons.
Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIV Online for personal computers in September 2010. After criticism from fans, the company revealed an updated version of the game titled Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn that added a new world and story. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn launched on Windows PC and PS3 in August 2013, on PS4 in April 2014, and on PS5 in May 2020. Square Enix has since released four expansions: "Heavensward" in June 2015, "Stormblood" in June 2017, "Shadowbringers" in July 2019, and "Endwalker" on December 7. The game recorded 25 million registered accounts worldwide in December 2021.
Square Enix announced in February that it will continue support for the MMORPG for the next 10 years.
Sources: Press release, 4Gamer (松本隆一)
