Cash Shop Overpriced?

[Teakwood]

Think it's overpriced? Don't buy it, problem solved.

[Brightshadow]

Honestly the Cash Shop is way too expensive whoever pays $25 dollars for a mount is not very intelligent that is the price of a full fledged expansion pack. I mean I understand they want extra profit but its a bit too high for something that we can't even use if we stop paying the membership in my opinion these are more appropriate prices.

Minions: $1 (I mean how many times do you actually look at your minion)
Seasonal Suits: $2 on appropriate time frame / $4 outside of appropriate time frame
Rare Housing Options: $3
Mounts: $5
Packages: $10-$15 (Packages ex: Halloween package all pumpkin heads/ 2 ghost suits / Halloween mount / Halloween minion)

Not all loyal customers are rich and many of us want to support the game.

[DarkDedede]

It'd take a bit more than 25 bucks to do that. It'd need a new system and animations etc for a non chocobo based companion.

I'm a bit confused by this statement. It technically would take "more than $25" to fix a typo in the game.

It obviously takes more than one purchase to cover the cost of development. By your logic, I'd hate to see what the cost of the expansion is going to be. :P

[Fornix]

I personally think it's expensive for just a vanity element. However, I have no objections to it being there. I wonder whether at some point they'll throw in temporary discounts and such on items, xmas sales and whatever not. Maybe then I can be convinced to buy a few of the minions. The mount would require quite a hefty discount for me to purchase it. Otherwise I trend to prefer prioritizing my spendings elsewhere . Still too many items on my wish list having priority over ingame vanity right now, hehe.

[Felis]

It's not really reasonable when the pumpkin heads and ghost costumes were available in game. The pumpkin heads were available for gil. That's why I put up a petition for them to be put back in the game. 5$ for something that was once free : /

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...t-of-Cash-Shop

2011 you got the pumpkin heads for free
You paid with gil because you missed it 2011
And now people pay with money if they missed it 2011 and 2013

Just don't miss seasonal events, then you don't need to pay with gil or money

[Phe]

I'd wish people who like to buy from the cash shop would donate this money for charitable objectives instead.
24$ could help to save human lives instead of riding a virtual pony.

[Andevom]

24 is reasonable?
What other P2P games has this pricing?

WoW: https://us.battle.net/shop/en/product/category/mounts

[Dargondarkfire]

if the mount had 2 months of game time attached to it, cool. but for it's price? no. the halloween items shouldn't even be in the cash shop. no holiday items should be in the cash shop.

i'm going to point something out here. you are going to get what? 2000 people with tons of disposable income who buy it at this price? but if you charge $5 for it the amount you will sell would be more around 50,000 players. so at what your currently selling it at you would make $48,000 but charging $5 and getting 50k sales you would make $250,000.... so.... why charge the price of the gain?

it's a digital item that can't be traded right? it has no value what so ever in game other then, wew odin's horse wew! people wont care because it is a waste of money. this isn't entropia universe were i could buy the horse then a year later sell it for 30X what i paid for it.

[Dargondarkfire]

continued.

you can change the price now and refund the extra cash to the people who bought them, or you could give them subscription time as a sorry.

but right now your taking the path that kills games when they add cash shops.

[Mugiawara]

WoW: https://us.battle.net/shop/en/product/category/mounts