XIV: P2P or F2P? XI never has Cash Shop, why XIV has?

[Kuwagami]

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actually no. Your data is stored forever. They're still tied to your account even if you cancel your sub.

Sure, you can re-download the music for free, which is *better* than game-tied digital goodies. Yet you still own them the same way and the day you play again, they're still here.

My point was, they both share the same principle : you buy non-tangible things. they have no value per say other than the one people are ready to pay for.

Also, if you're ready to buy extremely over priced goodies from an official store (Silentwind's example), there is no way you can be against a cosmetic cash shop (which is also likely to be overpriced as it is cosmetic, mind you ^^) without being labelled as hypocritical. Yes, you can feel them, etc, they're tangible. But all in all, you buy overpriced cosmetic stuff. Some people prefer to buy them in their digital form, and I can't blame them. My flat is damn too tiny

edit : I know that you can store digital music on CDs to "make" them tangible. That's not the point here as you "could" also 3D print your pets/mounts if you really wanted to.