
Final Fantasy XIV is selling so well that Square Enix can’t keep up with the traffic. Early Access became three days of players being unable to log in due to emergency maintenance, server loads, high traffic, errors, worlds being full, server queues full, and worlds being locked to new characters. For the sake of limiting new customers until they can deal with the current crop, Square has announced that they will be halting digital sales of FFXIV for the time being.
Important Notice About FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn – Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn, we are currently experiencing extremely long wait times for users to be able to log in and play. As a temporary measure, we will halt sales of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A REALM REBORN’s digital download products so we can accommodate all of those wishing to play. We are working to expand our server capacity in the coming days. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this causes.
(Source: FFXIV Blog)