The very first mainstream RPG in the western area was without a doubt Final Fantasy VII. It was also one of the first video games seen in commercials on television. Months before the sequel, FF VIII, was released, everybody was reading long special reports about it. Number IX did even better. While the game wasn't even announced yet, several fan sites came to life on the world wide web. Part ten -X- was even called the reason to buy a PS2. The sequel to that sequel -it's getting a bit complicated- and the several spin-offs also got their fair share of publicity. But what about FFXI? Not a single commercial I have seen, not a single ad. A lot of new fan sites or huge reports haven't come. Oh well, MMORPG and PC, what did you expect?