>>536063290
>Cloud servers
The real answer? We'll truly never know.
I really wish someone actually asked someone at Square Enix or Yoshida about those servers, because they were stable and reliable for me. Better than having to buy a VPN, because five nodes (including their nodes) wants to shit out between the East Coast and SE's servers.
If I had to speculate, it had to be financial reasons. Maybe SE's other projects threatening to bankrupt the company threw that whole idea into the shredder? Maybe the cloud servers were too much for Square Enix to afford and maintain? Maybe they would need to transfer or hire a new server team solely for the cloud servers in the new location? Who really fucking knows.
Especially after Dawntrail, that whole idea of cloud servers is completely sunken to the bottom of the ocean.