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

[Roflcoptorz]

I'm still amazed by the number of people who still don't understand the main issue. Lemme try this again:

All the talk about economy and RMT and how housing prices are high because of that IS A LIE. There may be a small amount of truth to it, but overall it is a lie/ extreme exaggeration which SE is using to hide the truth.
The Truth is FC housing IS NOT READY. By making the prices artificially high, they are ensuring the housing servers don't get swamped and crash. SE failed to stress test/ set up enough servers for every FC to have a house. So now they set an artificial barrier to prevent this from happening. It has nothing to do with economy or RMT. The content they released isn't ready. Remember launch? Except instead of not being able to log in, you aren't able to purchase a house.
Why you ask? Because instead of saying, sorry we missed another deadline, they can point the finger at someone else.

[Traek]

I'm still amazed by the number of people who still don't understand the main issue. Lemme try this again:

All the talk about economy and RMT and how housing prices are high because of that IS A LIE. There may be a small amount of truth to it, but overall it is a lie/ extreme exaggeration which SE is using to hide the truth.
The Truth is FC housing IS NOT READY. By making the prices artificially high, they are ensuring the housing servers don't get swamped and crash. SE failed to stress test/ set up enough servers for every FC to have a house. So now they set an artificial barrier to prevent this from happening. It has nothing to do with economy or RMT. The content they released isn't ready. Remember launch? Except instead of not being able to log in, you aren't able to purchase a house.
Why you ask? Because instead of saying, sorry we missed another deadline, they can point the finger at someone else.

While I think you are right, and its 95% chance this is the real issue, this is not what SE stated. People are just picking on the *FACTS* SE placed in front of them. Many are just calling Yoshida's B.S. Now if he had come out and said, "We don't have server capacity, and are delaying it further" people would then address the *FACTS* put in front of them there. The problem with speculating and assuming is, well, that they are speculations and assumptions. People don't just clamor behind those. Unfortunately for Yoshida, he chose something terrible to try and justify their decisions with.

[Roflcoptorz]

While I think you are right, and its 95% chance this is the real issue, this is not what SE stated. People are just picking on the *FACTS* SE placed in front of them. Many are just calling Yoshida's B.S. Now if he had come out and said, "We don't have server capacity, and are delaying it further" people would then address the *FACTS* put in front of them there. The problem with speculating and assuming is, well, that they are speculations and assumptions. People don't just clamor behind those. Unfortunately for Yoshida, he chose something terrible to try and justify their decisions with.

You are absolutely right, and I guess phrased it better than me. Just trying to get people to reorient their comments so maybe SE would be honest in the future. Tell me it's not ready. Tell me we released it but need to stress test it first. I'll be bummed, but I'll respect you and move on.

[Quesse]

All the talk about economy and RMT and how housing prices are high because of that IS A LIE. There may be a small amount of truth to it, but overall it is a lie/ extreme exaggeration which SE is using to hide the truth.
The Truth is FC housing IS NOT READY. By making the prices artificially high, they are ensuring the housing servers don't get swamped and crash. SE failed to stress test/ set up enough servers for every FC to have a house. So now they set an artificial barrier to prevent this from happening. It has nothing to do with economy or RMT. The content they released isn't ready. Remember launch? Except instead of not being able to log in, you aren't able to purchase a house.
Why you ask? Because instead of saying, sorry we missed another deadline, they can point the finger at someone else.

I'm still in denial. Yoshi has usually been pretty honest and forthcoming with the issues he faces. But in this particular case his comments seem so far off the mark I'm ultra confused. Who replaced Yoshi with this liar who says RMT and economy, gil in circulation blah blah blah has anything to do with housing prices. All those things can be solved other, more palatable, ways than screwing 95% of every server pop out of getting an FC house. I just don't know who he thinks he's kidding. If the instance infrastructure is not ready just SAY SO. If patch 2.1 had to be delayed, SAY SO. If FC housing had to be pushed back to 2.2 then DO IT. Stop with this wall of text namby-pamby "we didn't want people to be unable to buy a house because they were all sold out so we made it so no one could buy a house" nonsense.

[Roflcoptorz]

I'm still in denial. Yoshi has usually been pretty honest and forthcoming with the issues he faces. But in this particular case his comments seem so far off the mark I'm ultra confused. Who replaced Yoshi with this liar who says RMT and economy, gil in circulation blah blah blah has anything to do with housing prices. All those things can be solved other, more palatable, ways than screwing 95% of every server pop out of getting an FC house. I just don't know who he thinks he's kidding. If the instance infrastructure is not ready just SAY SO. If patch 2.1 had to be delayed, SAY SO. If FC housing had to be pushed back to 2.2 then DO IT.

Fact.
Yoshi-san, I look forward to your response. Like Queese said, I had been impressed with the openness and honesty you have given the player base in the past. But this... is ridiculous. Be honest and ur community will Continue to support you. Keep lying, and it will leave.