The 2.1 "A Realm Awoken" patch coming on the 17th to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be a veritable monster, with multiple new dungeons, housing, PvP and  much more. But just how much time will it take us to consume all that juicy content? Quite a lot, if we believe what Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida said during an interview on Game Watch.

If you play with the premise of "enjoying all the content," I think it can take up to 300 hours. If  you play more like "pick it up  and take a bite here and there," there's enough for 80 hours.

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Please just think of it like buying one of the new games that come out in the holidays or around the new year. I think the volume is pretty similar.

Yoshida-san also mentioned that the extension to the main story quest will be about 10 hours long. Looks like Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn players are going to be quite busy soon.