Terrible Payment System

[Catapult]

Unfortunately for us, Squeenix have it on record that while they understand the payment setup is somewhat long and complicated, players only have to do it once, so they do not believe it will be a hindrance in the long run. you know, given that people have just gone out of their way to buy the game they're not about to not play it, yeah?

That's when they get you! New players will blindly trust it, because they won't necessarily know any better and hey, they want to play the game. Square Enix trust in this behavior for people to get over the payment setup hurdle.

What I think they don't fully understand is that it doesn't take many billing frustrations for people to decide to stop playing. Squeenix will not see the impact of subscription continuation until a few months after we go pay2play. So worrying about this is so obviously not a real priority right now. Surely it'll work out all right...
I think "wait till it's too late" summed it up quite nicely. >_<

Meanwhile, here I am in Australia where we have been labeled a European region (thanks to the whole PAL vs NTSC thing) and thus I will be forced to pay in Euro. Corollary: We will be paying more than almost any other region, as the Euro conversion (75 Euro cents to the $1AU*) is no where near the US conversion ($1.05US to $1AU <- smexy), plus international transaction & foreign currency fees from my bank (outside EU agreements financially), plus unknown Click&Buy fees for Credit cards, plus possible Click&Buy unsupported currency conversion fees.
I think that's it, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is something else in there... It'll add up to making me pay at least 1.5 times what the US players will pay, probably more. >_>

[Nipa]

Meanwhile, here I am in Australia where we have been labeled a European region (thanks to the whole PAL vs NTSC thing) and thus I will be forced to pay in Euro. Corollary: We will be paying more than almost any other region,

The whole geographic account separation is stupid for a game with international servers.

The only correct answer to this is to buy an US game, and pay in USD. And you can't go back in time, unfortunately.

[Quietus]

Unfortunately for us, Squeenix have it on record that while they understand the payment setup is somewhat long and complicated, players only have to do it once, so they do not believe it will be a hindrance in the long run. you know, given that people have just gone out of their way to buy the game they're not about to not play it, yeah?

That's when they get you! New players will blindly trust it, because they won't necessarily know any better and hey, they want to play the game. Square Enix trust in this behavior for people to get over the payment setup hurdle.

What I think they don't fully understand is that it doesn't take many billing frustrations for people to decide to stop playing. Squeenix will not see the impact of subscription continuation until a few months after we go pay2play. So worrying about this is so obviously not a real priority right now. Surely it'll work out all right...
I think "wait till it's too late" summed it up quite nicely. >_<

Meanwhile, here I am in Australia where we have been labeled a European region (thanks to the whole PAL vs NTSC thing) and thus I will be forced to pay in Euro. Corollary: We will be paying more than almost any other region, as the Euro conversion (75 Euro cents to the $1AU*) is no where near the US conversion ($1.05US to $1AU <- smexy), plus international transaction & foreign currency fees from my bank (outside EU agreements financially), plus unknown Click&Buy fees for Credit cards, plus possible Click&Buy unsupported currency conversion fees.
I think that's it, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is something else in there... It'll add up to making me pay at least 1.5 times what the US players will pay, probably more. >_>

But you're Ausie so at least you have unencumbered access to any womans vagina due to your awesome accent!