The game will be officially shut down on February 29th 2024. Right now the game is making some changes o prepare for this shut down with the game making it super easy to acquire characters and all party members staring at the base max Lv. 70 once they join. So for anyone who hasn't played and wants to just enjoy the story can play.

Interesting side note, apparently the director said that part of the reason for the shutdown was because the ending o Act 4 felt like a satisfying ending for the game. I'm sure long term players will be annoyed that Red XIII and Rikku will never see the light of day for it though.