Final Fantasy XIV Hits Five Million Copies Sold

<p>More than five million people have bought the Square Enix MMO <em>Final Fantasy XIV<&sol;em>&period; The game&&num;8217&semi;s producer and director&comma; Naoki Yoshida&comma; announced the figure at this year&&num;8217&semi;s Japan Expo&period; Square Enix has not revealed how many active subscribers the game currently has&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Final Fantasy XIV<&sol;em> was met with scathing criticism when it first launched in 2010&period; In response&comma; the game underwent a change of management and a significant overhaul&period; It was shut down in 2012 and relaunched in 2013 as <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;final-fantasy-xiv-realm-reborn-trailer&sol;">Final Fantasy XIV&colon; A Realm Reborn&period;<&sol;a><&sol;em> This new version was praised by fans and the press as a huge improvement over the original&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;final-fantasy-xiv&period;jpg"><img class&equals;" size-large wp-image-86663 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;final-fantasy-xiv-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"final-fantasy-xiv" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Final Fantasy XIV&colon; A Realm Reborn<&sol;em> is now available for PC&comma; Mac&comma; PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4&period; The game&&num;8217&semi;s first expansion&comma;<em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;final-fantasy-xivs-heavensward-expansion-gets-a-date&sol;"> Heavensward<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; was released last month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamerevolution&period;com&sol;news&sol;final-fantasy-xiv-has-had-5-million-subscribers-is-second-most-popular-subscriptionbased-mmo-33713">GameRevolution<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;