The early access of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has just started, and things are getting crowded with queues already visible on many congested servers. This isn’t really surprising, since preorders for the game were apparently through the roof, as shared by Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida in an interview on the Japanese website 4Gamer.
Adding to this, on Amazon USA there currently is a deal that includes the downloadable PC version of the game and $10 credit for $29.99, and it has immediately jumped to the very top of the best sellers rankings for games. Not many PC games get there. Add to that the fact that the player base is split over two platforms and that all those that purchased and played the original FFXIV get the PC version for free, and it’s quite an achievement.