An Open Letter to Yoshida-san: Please Slice One Zero Off the Housing Prices

[Abriael]

Did people really think they were going to be able to buy houses on day 1? Why does everyone think they're going to get everything quickly and easily and complain when a game that charges you a monthly subscription adds a feature that can only be accomplished over time?

Because that's how it's (correctly) done with housing in basically every other game. Housing is a very strong engagement factor that builds over time with decorating the house and acquiring more and more rare furniture. Not having an entry level available to everyone is a big waste of an engagement factor, because the feature simply isn't accessible to everyone, and not even to the majority, and that's for a long time.

With big, highly publicized features:

Getting entry level immediately and then building on it over time <- Good design, high yield in player engagement
Having to wait a long time to get to the entry level or not accessing it at all <- Bad design, waste of player engagement opportunity

[Naberrie]

Because that's how it's (correctly) done with housing in basically every other game. Housing is a very strong engagement factor that builds over time with decorating the house and acquiring more and more rare furniture. Not having an entry level available to everyone is a big waste of an engagement factor, because the feature simply isn't accessible to everyone, and not even to the majority, and that's for a long time.

Which I'm totally okay with. But that's just me. You don't leave mom and dad's house and get a mansion. You move out, go to college, get a dorm room, room with friends, get a studio, get signifigant other, get roommates, start a family, buy a house.

I don't know, I guess I just expected it to take a while, and don't understand why everyone else didn't.