Quote Originally Posted by Tsuga View Post
Prices go up based on demand, and large injections of gil into the economy, not because gil is being moved around the economy. If someone makes 5m off of a cash shop item that money is coming from another player, it is not generated from an NPC, and so it will not hurt the economy.
Let's say there are 104 players, and all of them have 10 million gil each. 100 of these players are unwilling to spend real money on these items, but really want them. They'd spend gil for them. 5m gil. 4 of them are willing to spend absurd amounts of real money.

Each of these 4 people equally get 25 people to buy the item, all at 5m gil each. Gil is now distributed at 5m gil for each person for 100 people, and 135m gil each for 4 people.

Now, a really hot item appears. It's the Super Butt Slider 9000, guaranteed to make your butt (and hips) bigger, and it's extremely rare.

How much would this item cost before cash shop, and how much will it cost after? Do you think they'll be the same?