The future of the game has always been unknown for us passionate players who just cannot stop coming back. I sometimes worry that my last 15 years in this game will someday lead to 25 years then to have it all disappear and will just be a memory like an old Nintendo Cartridge that will never be playable again.
As much as this makes my stomach unsettled, I had a great deal of relief today by one simple act a well known streamer did, which blew my mind. The influence this could have on the population of the game and the chance of getting new and old players to really make that come back to the game.
I will cut to the chase at this point because I am sure many do not know this happened.
The famous streamer known as "NINJA" Recently made a return to playing Final Fantasy XI on a private server, before you say its just a private server that doesn't mean much, I find it does and here is why.
Shedding the light back on something as nostalgic as this game that I am sure many more have tried than we know, I seem to run into a lot of people who have tried this game but never really gave it much of a chance. Seeing someone as influential as Ninja playing this at all can only mean good things to come as far as population and solidarity of the future.
I began to wonder is this some sort of coincidence that December 2nd they are announcing the FFXI mobile games trailer, or is it just a fluke that he made the come back.
Either way I am very excited about it and for those who do not watch youtube channels on FFXI, the tuber- Work to Game has made a commentary and there is some footage of Ninja streaming the game from a private server, I hope you all enjoy this and makes you all as excited as I am.
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