Why 14,99 $?

[Nici]

I mean, I understand that FFXIV doesn't want to hit the F2P road yet, but why 14,99?

I seriously doubt XIV will go F2P, just look at SE's other title FFXI...it never went f2p, for a short while FFXI and WoW were the ONLY p2p mmos on the market, SE has the capital financing that most companies don't have and don't have the need to have their mmo IPs go f2p.

12.99 and 14.99 is a good price point for this MMO in my opinion for the quality content SE is making for this game.

[KonaMochi]

No one is forcing you to pay 14+$.

I personally only pay the Entry fee (12.99), because really- who needs a total of 40 characters?
:I

[Bigpurpleharness]

If you take into account inflation, the sub price should actually be higher. I'm happy with it staying where it is.

I was about to mention this. I'm sure you were too young to remember, but pretty much everything was massively cheaper before the 90's. Having the price hold static for 10 years is a good thing.

Also, quit demanding the price to be lower. It's not a right, it's not a huge convenience, and you having this doesn't better society. Also, if the 8 dollar jump from 7/month to 15/month is a game changer for you, you need to evaluate your finances.

[Xieveral]

$14.99 is the standard in subscription pricing.

I would rather pay the $15 and get everything than pay a reduced sub plus the cost of DLC which itself is likely to exceed $15.

[jars]

it's $13 a month

[Naraku_Diabolos]

For me it's $9.99, but I can't complain.

[KogaDrake]

I mean, I understand that FFXIV doesn't want to hit the F2P road yet, but why 14,99?
Why doesn't this or any other P2P game apply a lower fee? It's there some market rule out there of which I have not been informed who forces them to have exactly that price?
Wouldn't it be more right 9,99? Or even 7,99?
They are forced Worldwide to not compete against each other or what?
It seems it's either nothing or 14,99. I don't get it.

It's been what, 10 years since Vanilla Wow?
The MMOs changed since then.
Why prices didn't?

1. WOW was not the 1st to use this payment price/setup so why does it have to be following WOW, XI was actually doing this payment setup before WOW release...
2. Cost of game, up; cost to develop game, up; cost to pay support, up; cost of everything involved in gaming design/maintenance/hardware/software... up. Cost to play game = same(or less depending on how many char and how many months at a time u bill), why you complaining... if it should have changed in any direction it would be up... stop QQ about a small fee for TONS of hours of play a month.. go do that in any other type of game..

[Issac]

For me it's $9.99, but I can't complain.

This. Thanks SE, I can afford 5 McChickens a month thanks to your loyalty program!

[NefGP]

I only pay $8 a month, so :P

[Squa]

Well, a few things.

1) a business can charge what they can get, simple
2) a little more in depth, with the lack of content this game has, I too am beginning to question the $15 subscription fee per month as worth it. Basically being maxxed out on content right now, 2.2 will come out with 3 new bosses in Coil, and Leviathan Primal. So, 4 new boss encounters seems interesting, lets say it lasts 2 months even. The problem is, with 2.3 patch, it will just be Crystal Tower downgrade, so I can probably skip that. So I will have to wait an extra 6 months for new Coil, which leaves a 4 month 'gap' window that I just cant really justify paying a subscription, let alone $15. Also I do not currently see the development I would expect for a game with million users paying monthly fees.

tl;dr content and development seems really lacking for a $15/mo MMO