Why do Vanity items / Player housing / Pets exist?

[Tupsi]

Yoshi himself: Casual gamers. Look at FB or Mobile games and how they try to bleed players dry, because companies know the casual playerbase live for things like this.

[TeaTimeBear]

Yoshi himself: Casual gamers. Look at FB or Mobile games and how they try to bleed players dry, because companies know the casual playerbase live for things like this.

"Stop liking what I don't like!"

[Bufkus]

Yoshi himself: Casual gamers. Look at FB or Mobile games and how they try to bleed players dry, because companies know the casual playerbase live for things like this.

Except that this is a p2p mmo, so your point is nonexistent. Nobody is being bled dry here by this optional content.

[Tupsi]

Except that this is a p2p mmo, so your point is nonexistent. Nobody is being bled dry here by this optional content.

Except you have people who look for games that cater to their likes - lots of people join MMOs based on their housing system or if they have a viable pet system/vanity pet system.