Official Final Fantasy 14 Mobile site seemingly abandoned by Square Enix

I don't blame you for not remembering, but all the way back in 2024, Final Fantasy 14 Mobile was released in China. It was announced to the entire Final Fantasy 14 community later that year, with director Naoki Yoshida calling it a new way to experience the story and a “sister title” to the main Final Fantasy 14 that would be developed independently.

Bold promises were thrown around content updates and for a while the game was getting new additions like hairstyles and mounts that admittedly made my regular FF14 player a little envious. However, fast forward a little over a year after the game's proper release in China, and it appears that Square Enix may have abandoned the title altogether.

Final Fantasy 14 Mobile appears to have been abandoned

Since its official release in China, it has been reported several times that Final Fantasy 14 Mobile isn't doing too well. Not only was it loaded with predatory monetization methods, but it also allegedly tried unsuccessfully to split players out of their cash. Its last major update was last November and it's been radio silent ever since.

Yoshi-P isn't retiring anytime soon and still has “a lot of game ideas saved”

His storied career doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon.

It seems increasingly unlikely that Final Fantasy 14 Mobile will make it worldwide, and a new discovery has pretty much confirmed that the game has been left for dead by Square Enix. Spotted and shared by a Reddit user named Aqualenne, it appears as though the official mobile site for the game has been down for over a week. Click the link to go to the error page.

With no updates in sight, disappointing revenue, and the mobile site down for weeks, Final Fantasy 14 Mobile is practically dead at this point. We'll most likely see unique items and hairstyles make their way into the main game within the next year, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was quietly shut down without announcement. It was an interesting experiment, but it seems to have failed.