Final Fantasy 14 is one of the most popular names of recent times. The game’s release actually dates back to 2010, but its arrival on Steam came on February 18, 2014, about 7.5 years ago. This ageless game broke its own record with 47542 simultaneous players this weekend.
The previous record for the game was set by the sudden increase in the number of players with shadowbringers in 2019, during which 41200 players appeared to be playing the game simultaneously.
So to what do you think we owe this record this time? After all, there is no published expansion package. The trigger for this record is that it decides to give Asmongold Final Fantasy 14, one of the world’s most popular World of Warcraft publishers, a chance.
More than 200,000 people took to the screen to watch Asmongold play Final Fantasy 14, while many players entered the game to see Asmongold. So here’s how a single publisher influences the popularity of a game.