Yoshida on "the dangers of going free-to-play"

[Orophin]

Pay-to-play games like FFXIV, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty (thinking specifically of Call of Duty Elite vs DLC), etc. can have microtransactions while still charging sub fees. As long as the paid-for items are cosmetic and don't affect game balance, as Yoshi says, then there's no detriment to having them in the game.

Which still leaves me skeptical about the Venture system if there's no limit to how many can be undertaken at one time, especially considering there are items that can only be found through Ventures. I'm ok with Fantasia, but not a potentially advantage-giving game system that you can pay more money for every month and be able to have a leg up on the guy that can't/won't pay the extra money.

Guess we'll see what's what after the update tomorrow.