There's No Way Final Fantasy XIV Is This Popular

 It would seem that this open beta test is as much of a test on their webservers as it is their actual product.  Sad.  How can a company as large as Square Enix have such terrible websites?  All I know is, it's day two after open beta launched, I have the client fully updated, but I can't play because I can't access their site to get a beta key.

The most disfunctional part about this whole process for me is that I was in the "closed beta," and had a key for that.  Why in the hell the closed beta keys just didn't transfer over to open beta is beyond me.  I'm sure they have some good explanation for that as well.  I just can't believe that FFXIV is so popular that it has kept their beta key website down for 2 days.  Perhaps "critical bugs," did it?

Bravo.

Update on Thursday, September 2, 2010 by Alex Taldren

Message from the lovely people at Square Enix:

2010-09-02 17:50 　From: SQUARE ENIX Account

Square Enix Account Management System Congestion: Follow-up

We would like to take this opportunity to provide an update regarding the congestion of the Square Enix Account Management System.

Due to heavy server traffic, we are continuing to experience Square Enix Account Management System congestion. Currently, players may not be able to log into the FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, or acquire registration codes for the game.

Our technical staff is monitoring the situation closely and working to resolve this issue. As a countermeasure to the congestion, we are currently limiting the acquisition of registration codes for the Open Beta Test. If you cannot acquire a registration code, or if you are unable to access the Square Enix Account Management System, we ask that you please wait and try again later.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

No need to apologize really.  This hurts you a lot more than it does us.