Thoughts on a shared subscription?

[Pixela]

Learn what consumption is. A game that has been played through has had most value used out of it. There is a world of difference between paying for doing new things and doing the same things over and over again for the same price.

Almost all the content in FFXI in the past was added via $40 expansions and not the subscription, most of the content from expansions was held back (or just not finished at all and our $40 paid for it to be made) from the box install and added over the following years. We used to literally pay $40 for a XI expansion and it was just barren zones with maybe one or two minor things to do and 2 missions.

So in reality not only is FFXI cheaper today than it ever has been in history, you are also getting far more for that sub than ever before too.

I would say enjoy but you obviously already are since you're here and paying the sub, when there are literally hundreds of other mmorpgs you can play for free if you so choose.

Insulting me doesn't make your argument better.

The text aimed at you was under the quote from you, that was aimed at Tharly and others that do not understand that $12 today is not the same as $12 10 years ago and has a totally different real world value. You know that MASSIVE $3 a week that could pay your rent if not for being spent on the staff that make content for you.

I'm well aware you understand how inflation works, you just want to pay less when you would not want to pay less for ff14 (since you value that more).

[Tharly]

So in reality not only is FFXI cheaper today than it ever has been in history, you are also getting far more for that sub than ever before too.

Confuse yourself how you want. The value is the lowest its ever been. You are paying the same price as a new car for a 19 year old car.

A 12.99 sub in 2003 is equivalent to 19.27 today with inflation. The cost of the addons went down to a point where you can get all of them for less than 10 bucks.

There are time sinks, unholy grinds and time gates galore to keep people subbed longer. Why do they stay subbed longer? Because the game still has value. Once most content has been done, the value has been used up and people quit. Then come back when there is new content, and higher value again.

14 is packed right now for many factors, but one of the main ones is a new expansion coming in a few months so people are finishing up the last one in preparation. I expect November subs to go up again when the people who are on break from 14 come back again for the new content.

Value is more than just a number with a dollar sign in front of it you can index to inflation.