Cash Shop Overpriced?

[Tupsi]

Your actually doing harm to Square Enix by trying to blindly defend them.

No one is defending - Being against everything does more harm, actually. It's just the realism of the situation. The only time "ToS" gets thrown out in the court is when someone tries to sue a game company over something you can't sue them for, another reason companies adapted the "act of god" clause - it is still legally binding, which is why they can't just do things "quickly" when it comes to internationally supported games because each country handles agreements differently.

but there are ways I feel the game could be made better for me and would lead to me lengthened subscription and therefor more money for Square Enix from me in the future.

Sadly, trying to tell them to not do something standard in the online gaming world doesn't do much better. On the flip side, them adding a cash shop and it proven to be a success also means more money for Square Enix in the future. So if your argument against cash shop is you know what will be more enjoyable for you in the future and thus more money to SE...a cash shop also means the same because there are some people out there who enjoy buying vanity items and such from a cash shop since once again, there's a reason F2P and MOBA games are insanely popular and makes more money than P2P games ever will, even without P2W element (look at LoL, it's impossible to "P2W" unless you count hitting max level slightly faster that does nothing for you against someone who actually has skill.)

[Jynx]

So if your argument against cash shop is you know what will be more enjoyable for you in the future and thus more money to SE...

I said more money from me personally.

It's up to SE's discretion to listen to our feedback, not you to try and forum police people but continually chanting "ToS...ToS"


Your allowed to have your opinion as well as do others who don't agree with you. Us disagreeing with the system will not "Do more harm, actually" As long as people bring valid points to the table you can't dismiss them. Things like brining up the argument that our subscription has been watered down in value due to this decision it's actually a pretty serious talking point. They have allready removed Odin's mount from the allready working game files.

Square Enix has allready reacted to players by going back to look at how they are treating "Exclusive" items in the future.

There is also the precident that just because it's worked elsewhere does not mean it will always work, look at how many games attempted to emulate WoW and how many failed miserably. Blizzard can't even recreat their lightning in a bottle game as they pulled the plug on Project Titan. Final Fanasy XI remains as Square Enixs largest financial leader and XIV has a long way to go to catch up to it's older brother especially if we factor in the redevelopement costs.

The cash shop may bring them untold fortunes, but as a consumer I am not worried about their financials I am concerned with wether I enjoy their product enough to continue to support it with my money. Telling me to not do so is just silly.

I will continue to give Square Enix my support and share my thoughts until I deem it otherwise not worth my time and investment.