A consumable snowcone costs 5$

That means every time you run out of snow cones, and you want more of them, you have to pay five dollars.

It's entirely possible their vendor doesnt allow purchases lower than $5.

I think it's dumb to charge that much personally, they should have bundled it for like 5 or 10 of them or something.....

I wouldn't ever buy consumables (other than fantasias ) off the mogstation anyway.

Is there anything for less than $5 on the mogstation right now? I'm not able to check.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Is there anything for less than $5 on the mogstation right now? I'm not able to check.

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Aren't the 1.0 swimsuits/yukata $3 USD each? Maybe I’m misremembering.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

It's entirely possible their vendor doesnt allow purchases lower than $5.

I think it's dumb to charge that much personally, they should have bundled it for like 5 or 10 of them or something.....

I wouldn't ever buy consumables (other than fantasias ) off the mogstation anyway.

Is there anything for less than $5 on the mogstation right now? I'm not able to check.

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Dyes are 82 cents each.

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Originally Posted by HyoMinPark

Aren't the 1.0 swimsuits/yukata $3 USD each? Maybe I’m misremembering.

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They are. The Bomb Dance emote is also $2. So it's nothing to do with their vendor.

Wow, so a swimsuit costs more than a snow cone in this game.

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Originally Posted by DamianFatale

Wow, so a swimsuit costs more than a snow cone in this game.

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Uh, think you messed that up. The snowcone costs more than a swimsuit.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Is there anything for less than $5 on the mogstation right now? I'm not able to check.

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A bunch of emotes and orchestrion rolls are $2 and $3 respectively.

I'm glad I farmed tons of them the last year (>_<) (why would you consume it, though?)

lol These prices are awful. Don't support this clear cash grab.

I don't even.....

I too am glad i stacked lots of those from previous events, lol

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

It's entirely possible their vendor doesnt allow purchases lower than $5.

I think it's dumb to charge that much personally, they should have bundled it for like 5 or 10 of them or something.....

I wouldn't ever buy consumables (other than fantasias ) off the mogstation anyway.

Is there anything for less than $5 on the mogstation right now? I'm not able to check.

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lol okay, you will say anything to try defend SE don't you?

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Originally Posted by Vstarstruck

lol okay, you will say anything to try defend SE don't you?

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They were just musing over possible reasons, also stated they think it's dumb.

I personally do not like having a cash shop in a sub game, but alas it's here to stay. Since it is, why shouldn't SE charge insane prices if people are willing to pay? I mean, sure, not trying to squeeze your customers for every last dime would be admirable, but they've proven time and time again they're not too concerned about that.

Pointless to argue with him, if you don't bash SE you are defending them

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Originally Posted by Remedi

Pointless to argue with him, if you don't bash SE you are defending them

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Same can be said to you, "pointless to argue with them if you are not defending SE."

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They were just musing over possible reasons, also stated they think it's dumb.

I personally do not like having a cash shop in a sub game, but alas it's here to stay. Since it is, why shouldn't SE charge insane prices if people are willing to pay? I mean, sure, not trying to squeeze your customers for every last dime would be admirable, but they've proven time and time again they're not too concerned about that.

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Na, I still stand what I said, because it can be easily seen things are less then 5 dollars. The only reason they posted that to try make it sound less of an issue then it really is, a constant theme of them. for "why shouldn't SE charge insane prices if people are willing to pay?" because there is a such thing called "anti customer practices" and that is what causes governments to get involved, because companies can't self regulate. I wonder how much longer the gaming industry's free passes of government regulation will hold when they keep pushing stuff like this.

Because sometime in the future, acting in this manner now is shooting themselves in the foot. Sure it makes nice short term profits, but what are the long term repercussions? Even at a self interest level, the long term repercussions can mean losing your core, older fanbase. That is why they shouldn't be doing it.

Can't wait to get into every home and eat 10 times 5$ snow cones *.*
Thank you $E for giving something to do in the game :D

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Originally Posted by Vstarstruck

Same can be said to you, "pointless to argue with them if you are not defending SE."


Na, I still stand what I said, because it can be easily seen things are less then 5 dollars. The only reason they posted that to try make it sound less of an issue then it really is, a constant theme of them. for "why shouldn't SE charge insane prices if people are willing to pay?" because there is a such thing called "anti customer practices" and that is what causes governments to get involved, because companies can't self regulate. I wonder how much longer the gaming industry's free passes of government regulation will hold when they keep pushing stuff like this.

Because sometime in the future, acting in this manner now is shooting themselves in the foot. Sure it makes nice short term profits, but what are the long term repercussions?

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I highly doubt the government is going to be concerned over how a gaming company handles their cash shop. That's just an absurd stretch.

The cash shop is not going to appeal to everyone. But as it is, SE is still charging high prices, so they obviously seem to be content with the amount of revenue that they are pulling in from it. I imagine they would start lowering prices/have more sales if they saw things start to dip.

As for repercussions, time will tell. I personally would have a hard time playing another MMO by SE (not only because of cash shop), but the game is still hugely popular and doing well as a whole.

Well, it only took till page two for disagreements to begin.

#weareevolving

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Originally Posted by Vstarstruck

lol okay, you will say anything to try defend SE don't you?

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And apparently you will find any reason to attack me. I was in bed browsing at the time, before sleep.

You really have an obsession with me.

Also, I think the pricing is stupid and wouldn't buy them. Get over yourself.

beign called a white knight ina thread where I'm speechless for how asinine the pricing of a cash shop item is.....wow....

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Originally Posted by Skivvy

The cash shop is not going to appeal to everyone. But as it is, SE is still charging high prices, so they obviously seem to be content with the amount of revenue that they are pulling in from it. I imagine they would start lowering prices/have more sales if they saw things start to dip.

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Indeed, the real issue is not $E selling things (in general) for stupid price but people wilingly buying them.

I think I'll pass and get two real snowcones with my $5.00. :(

Please stop buying these kinds of items everyone. It's the only way that SE will stop releasing them and exploiting the Mog Station. They only do it because they can get away with it and people will buy it anyways.

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I think I'll pass and get two real snowcones with my $5.00. :(

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I'm sayin tho

These snowcones seem like the kind of thing that could be bought with achievement certificates if you really, really wanted them.

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I think I'll pass and get two real snowcones with my $5.00. :(

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When the real thing is cheaper than a copy XD

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Originally Posted by ElazulHP

Please stop buying these kinds of items everyone. It's the only way that SE will stop releasing them and exploiting the Mog Station. They only do it because they can get away with it and people will buy it anyways.

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So, assuming you could even get the whales to stop buying them, that wouldn't make them available in-game. Square Enix would just stop making them available full stop. We'd get them for the event and if we missed the event tough luck, never being made available again. Same for the mog station exclusive outfits and stuff that was never made available in-game. If they weren't released there, we just wouldn't get them period.

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Originally Posted by Paladinleeds

So, assuming you could even get the whales to stop buying them, that wouldn't make them available in-game. Square Enix would just stop making them available full stop. We'd get them for the event and if we missed the event tough luck, never being made available again. Same for the mog station exclusive outfits and stuff that was never made available in-game. If they weren't released there, we just wouldn't get them period.

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Would your life be incomplete without a $5 consumable snowcone?

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Originally Posted by ElazulHP

Would your life be incomplete without a $5 consumable snowcone?

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Given I haven't had any of them because I don't care for the consumables from these events, even when I could get them from the event, I don't think that's my issue here. But for those that want them, there should be an option. Square Enix have told them what their option is, up to people what they do with it. There's obviously a market for it, because they keep putting more stuff on the mog station. Indeed, some of the outfits I've bought off the mog station. But I also know if they hadn't put them on the mog station, we wouldn't have got them at all. This is the reality of gaming these days. Cash shops are here to stay.

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Originally Posted by Paladinleeds

So, assuming you could even get the whales to stop buying them, that wouldn't make them available in-game. Square Enix would just stop making them available full stop. We'd get them for the event and if we missed the event tough luck, never being made available again. Same for the mog station exclusive outfits and stuff that was never made available in-game. If they weren't released there, we just wouldn't get them period.

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You have no idea how they would've handled old seasonal stuff if there was no cash shop, only one seasonal event ran for its second year before the cash shop was on its way in and said seasonal event had items from the previous year.

If anything we actually lost something, all seasonal furniture used to be tradeable the following patch after the event, but they decided to keep all items market prohibited so the marketboard wouldn't compete with the cash shop.

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[citation needed]

You have no idea how they would've handled old seasonal stuff if there was no cash shop, only one seasonal event ran for its second year before the cash shop was on its way in and said seasonal event had items from the previous year.

If anything we actually lost something, all seasonal furniture used to be tradeable the following patch after the event, but they decided to keep all items market prohibited so the marketboard wouldn't compete with the cash shop.

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Ok, so there's the potential that for the seasonal events they would have gone down that route, that I am willing to concede. Though the 2 big examples I can think of... WoW that doesn't really offer new items for seasonals (or at least didn't back in WOTLK/Cata/MoP) but brings the same ones back for every event, and RuneScape that doesn't bring them back at all. Given we get new items every run, I expect we'd have been given the RuneScape treatment.

But these cash shop exclusive items, I highly HIGHLY doubt we'd have got those any other way. Especially the ones like the Chinese/Korean ones where they had to pay and it was supposed to be exclusive to their region. Plus, the whales are gonna make sure this never stops happening anyway, so it's something I shouldn't have brought up anyway as it's pointless. But rather than delete my posts, on this occasion I'm going to own this mistake.

These are crazy times!...

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Ok, so there's the potential that for the seasonal events they would have gone down that route, that I am willing to concede. Though the 2 big examples I can think of... WoW that doesn't really offer new items for seasonals (or at least didn't back in WOTLK/Cata/MoP) but brings the same ones back for every event, and RuneScape that doesn't bring them back at all. Given we get new items every run, I expect we'd have been given the RuneScape treatment.

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FFXI, the company's own previous game, had new items every year. And they always provided the old items available in-game. I don't know how they're handling it now, but that's how it was for the 10 years I played.

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Originally Posted by MomomiMomi

FFXI, the company's own previous game, had new items every year. And they always provided the old items available in-game. I don't know how they're handling it now, but that's how it was for the 10 years I played.

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I'll admit, I never played XI (XIV is the ONLY Final Fantasy game I've ever played), so hearing how they did things is interesting. Perhaps they would have done it then.

Though I will say my Chinese/Korean mogshop item stance is unchanged.

Wait..

Is that consumable like a firework or is it like a dish you set out in the house?

Either way it's pretty ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by whiskeybravo

Wait..

Is that consumable like a firework or is it like a dish you set out in the house?

Either way it's pretty ridiculous.

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same as the event item, meal furnishing that disappears after ten uses.

I think a happy medium would be to let at least the housing items/consumables be available at the event each year, but have them available on the mogstation all year round. Those that miss the event and don't want to wait out its return can still buy it. WoW brings back all the event items, but doesn't put them on the cash shop at all.

Pretty sure they can be crafted. No way there worth 5 dollars. Maybe 99 of them for that price maybe.

If its a permanent 'magical consumable' (where it will restore itself daily or weekly), ok I can get teh $5 price. But if its a limited use item for a snowcone? Yeah, that seems a bit silly. Not gonna put money into something like that.

Not worth $5.