Cash shop confirmed

[KenzieLynch]

There is no fairness involved. The entitlement of these threads is staggering. Its.... a.... business. Its not a not-for-profit whatever that is the becon of fairness to the world.... its a videogame designed to make the publisher of said game $$$MONEY$$$. They aren't here to be fair, its to make money. Stop all this whining and either play the game or don't. Its like those damn "Welp... I'm leaving" threads.... no one cares.

#firstworldproblems

Last time I checked this 'business' was already making money, from monthly subscription fee's. Maintaining a good relationship with customers is vital to any business, and is what stops said customer from taking their business elsewhere, in which case said business would be losing '$$MONEY$$'

Final Fantasy XIV is not the only MMO on the market, not by a long shot. SE are walking a thin line on this one.

[SongJoohee]

Last time I checked this 'business' was already making money, from monthly subscription fee's. Maintaining a good relationship with customers is vital to any business, and is what stops said customer from taking their business elsewhere, in which case said business would be losing '$$MONEY$$'

It's amusing that people always paint the most crudest picture of a corporation when talking about things like this. Too many movies and marxist novels I suspect.

And last I checked Final Fantasy XIV makes so much money it helped Square Enix turn around $130m loses into $40m profit in 1 year. It's greed. Plain and simple. Slepnir was going to be a drop from Odin, very likely. They decided to cut it out of the game and sell it on the shop for more money.

[KenzieLynch]

And last I checked Final Fantasy XIV makes so much money it helped Square Enix turn around $130m loses into $40m profit in 1 year. It's greed. Plain and simple. Slepnir was going to be a drop from Odin, very likely. They decided to cut it out of the game and sell it on the shop for more money.

I Agree.

Well, greed and a certain amount of arrogance I think, which is natural when you have something successful on your hands. That's why it's important for the community to voice it's concern when bad decisions are made. Of course your wallet is your best voice, but hopefully it doesn't have to come to that.

[Mirili]

Last time I checked this 'business' was already making money, from monthly subscription fee's. Maintaining a good relationship with customers is vital to any business, and is what stops said customer from taking their business elsewhere, in which case said business would be losing '$$MONEY$$'

It's amusing that people always paint the most crudest picture of a corporation when talking about things like this. Too many movies and marxist novels I suspect.

There's so much I love about this post. I'm not sure what my favorite part is. It's either when you stood up and yelled "COMMUNIST!", or when you demanded that he explain why a corporation would want to make more money when it's already making money.

This. This is what keeps me coming back to the forums.

[gorror]

There's so much I love about this post. I'm not sure what my favorite part is. It's either when you stood up and yelled "COMMUNIST!", or when you demanded that he explain why a corporation would want to make more money when it's already making money.

This. This is what keeps me coming back to the forums.

I understand corporations making money, but why as a consumer do you allow them to milk you so?

An example.

You have a chocobo, would you rather give SE $5 for said chocobo or would you rather not give SE $5 for said chocobo?

[Mirili]

I understand corporations making money, but why as a consumer do you allow them to milk you so?

An example.

You have a chocobo, would you rather give SE $5 for said chocobo or would you rather not give SE $5 for said chocobo?

Huhwhat. I haven't even visited the cash shop. I'm not being milked. Not that I'm swearing off buying anything, at all, ever.

A question.

Would I not receive a chocobo otherwise?

[Kiroh]

Huhwhat. I haven't even visited the cash shop. I'm not being milked. Not that I'm swearing off buying anything, at all, ever.

A question.

Would I not receive a chocobo otherwise?

You won't receive the sleipnir mount otherwise.

[Mirili]

You won't receive the sleipnir mount otherwise.

In that case, I don't buy the sleipnir mount because it doesn't appeal to me, and doesn't put me at a disadvantage for not buying it.

[gorror]

Huhwhat. I haven't even visited the cash shop. I'm not being milked. Not that I'm swearing off buying anything, at all, ever.

A question.

Would I not receive a chocobo otherwise?

As a consumer, the chocobo(or any mount/minnions) that you currently have would you rather spend $5 on it or not spend $5 on it?

You can not not have a chocobo, its yours and its in your log. But would you have preferred to spend $5 instead of gotten it for free?

[tocsin]

I understand corporations making money, but why as a consumer do you allow them to milk you so?

An example.

You have a chocobo, would you rather give SE $5 for said chocobo or would you rather not give SE $5 for said chocobo?

Question:

Would $5 saved me all of that running between lvl 1 and getting a normal choco at lvl 20? That would have been worth $5 to me.


As far as it being the sleipnir mount, does it provide me any additional in game benefits that other mounts don't? otherwise, I don't care.