In game store popup?

I recommend SE adding an in game store that opens like a pop up, like guildwars 2 did.
It would make it easier to know whats new on the mog station which might increase sales provided each item has enough info on it.

Also it would be useful if people could also resub & extend retainers while in the game using the same store.

Those things are already advertised in the games launcher really, and personally, I don't think further funneling people into a digital store in a subscription based game is the way to go.

GW2 gets a pass here because it has no monthly subscription, the devs need to keep the game running one way or the other, after all.

Please put more ads in my game!

Is this a forum for players or investors?

Most players would say that games doing that is a problem because it shows they are trying to make money over actually making a good game, and FFXIV is virtually one of the only that doesn't do that sort of thing.

Many players have said they would quit if they saw that sort of thing, too.

Yoshi-P has said his reasoning for not having it is due to understanding this and only letting people see it at an Inn is because he doesn't want to flash the mog station everywhere. It's just there for people who want to support the game more or get items they normally wouldn't allow like MSQ character outfits, old FOMO rewards, character appearance potions, etc.

....No....

Is this seriously where we are? Absolutely not. No. I cannot think of a line of logic that could redeem such an addition, short of removing subscription fees entirely.

No thanks to a pop-up 'sales' thing.
SE would just implement their usual menu nesting simulator design and ask you to confirm 3 times before allowing you to close the pop-up window.

I bet you Square Enix actually tried to do that. After all, WoW has.

This isn't a case of SE not being greedy. It's that they probably literally do not know how to integrate a payment system functionally into FF14 without causing everything in their junk 1.0 code to implode.

Yoshi-P has already said that he'll never have the cash shop in game.

Honestly, I wouldn't really mind if it was tucked away in a menu somewhere. As long as it isn't in your face trying to make you buy things constantly.

Suggested they change veteran rewards to kupo nuts, which can be used in the back section of the mog post office to purchase shop items (like a gamblers den in the back of a restaurant). So it could be a physical location you can preview things.


In terms of a full on 'pop-up' nah don't do that, just use the cards on login launcher for announcements and stuff (sales).

They can and do use the launcher home screen for that. An in-game pop-up would be obnoxious.

Best keeping it to the launcher rather than in-game.

If it's in-game then it becomes too invasive IMO. Having it on the launcher is not invasive

I would prefer not to have advertisements in game. Cash shop items are already advertised in lodestone announcements, patch notes, the launcher’s alerts, and also indirectly by seeing other players with them. In-game cash shop ads will just be another thing to ignore or disable, like the popup for the player guide as you log in.

However I’m curious about why you feel like it would be helpful for there to be ingame access to the store. Do you feel like you’d prefer this over accessing mogstation over an internet browser? I do hear about people having problems with mogstation but don’t know much about them myself since I’ve been lucky.

The whales can find the shop just fine without shoving it in everyone's faces even more.

How cooked are we that we have people actively asking for harder cash shop push?

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Originally Posted by Aidorouge

Isn't that how the "dream" or whatever function works at the inn? That you can try on and buy certain cash shop outfits from it (or at least, it links you to the Mogstation)?

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Not quite. Dreamfitting lets you preview items, and nothing more. There is a single button that opens the online store in your browser, where you have to search for (again) whatever it is you're interested in, etc. etc.

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Originally Posted by VeyaAkemi

How cooked are we that we have people actively asking for harder cash shop push?

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We're super cooked.

Here's an even better idea. Raise the price of the subscription by $3 a month but everyone gets a "free" fantasia every 3 months subbed. Not only will it encourage people to sub longer but we're essentially making everyone buy a fantasia every 3 months.

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Originally Posted by SXTC

I recommend SE adding an in game store that opens like a pop up, like guildwars 2 did.
It would make it easier to know whats new on the mog station which might increase sales provided each item has enough info on it.

Also it would be useful if people could also resub & extend retainers while in the game using the same store.

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No. popping the store up in game is a free-to-play/freemium.

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Originally Posted by hydralus

Here's an even better idea. Raise the price of the subscription by $3 a month but everyone gets a "free" fantasia every 3 months subbed. Not only will it encourage people to sub longer but we're essentially making everyone buy a fantasia every 3 months.

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I don't want to pay 3 more dollars to have to trash an item every 3 months, though...

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Originally Posted by VeyaAkemi

I don't want to pay 3 more dollars to have to trash an item every 3 months, though...

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Sorry, you're right. It should be $4 a month.

Noooo thank you

I appreciate that this game doesn't have that stuff

I don't want or need pop-ups, that's never not annoying, BUT I don't think in-game integration for the shop could hurt at all. I wouldn't want anything obtrusive, just something accessible from a menu.

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Originally Posted by Turnintino

I don't want or need pop-ups, that's never not annoying, BUT I don't think in-game integration for the shop could hurt at all. I wouldn't want anything obtrusive, just something accessible from a menu.

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No, you don't. In-game store integration invariably leads to centralization of the shop.

Yes please, we don't have enough annoying popups and ads everywhere.

I love when applications brush aside whatever i want to do and display some unsolicited popup instead.

Put the software in charge instead of the user. I can't get enough of that.

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Originally Posted by SXTC

I recommend SE adding an in game store that opens like a pop up, like guildwars 2 did.
It would make it easier to know whats new on the mog station which might increase sales provided each item has enough info on it.

Also it would be useful if people could also resub & extend retainers while in the game using the same store.

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GW2 doesn't even give you a popup

How about SE takes notes from EA and begins to put in advertisements into the game?

Cup Noodles anyone?

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Originally Posted by genuine_stranger

Cup Noodles anyone?

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Not XIV, but still FF, so... good god, you are late to the party.

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Originally Posted by VeyaAkemi

Not XIV, but still FF, so... good god, you are late to the party.

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Oh yeah, I know.
I thought people in here would get the reference.