As with Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV will have a number of servers. They're aiming for a capacity of 6,000+ simultaneous connections. The precise amount of worlds hasn't been decided yet, though they insist they will add more worlds as user demand increases. They've only gone as far as to admit that they'll be aiming to outdo the amount of worlds in eleven. When asked whether they would have as many as 30 servers upon release, the Producer (Tanaka) insisted they won't need that many so quickly.

Final Fantasy XI began with 16 servers, a number that very rapidly began to develop obsoletion due to high demand. When the Windows (PC) port of eleven was released, followed shortly by the North American and European versions, the number of servers was increased. It was increased a further time with the Xbox 360 port, though as things currently stand, this won't be necessary, considering no Xbox 360 port is currently planned. This is cited to being an ongoing problem of a Microsoft compromise.

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