Yep, they literally shut down digital sales because the game was too popular
Last month,Final Fantasy XIVmade headlines across the globe when Square Enix informed its userbase that they weretemporarily shutting down sales of the game. It was a pretty insane time for the game, and it’s been in an interesting place ever since, with would-be new players wondering whenXIVwould go back on sale. While queues as a whole have been going down,a lot of peopleare still playing the game. Now even more folks will be able to flood in on January 25.
Yep, Square Enix has confirmedthat on July 31, 2025, at 5:00PM JST (that’s 3AM the morning of January 25, in US ET), digital sales will be resuming. In short, if you wanted to buy intoFinal Fantasy XIV, you’re able to.
There’s two big reasons for Square Enix choosing that date:
I hope this new expansion of players holds. Anecdotally, things have been getting back to normal again. While the first few weeks ofEndwalker‘s launch were hectic, rife with queues hundreds of players longwith disconnects during said queues; a lot of players are reporting under 100 (or less) maximum queues in January.
