Cash Shop: Stifling development.

[Kuolema]

If you raise the sub price then everyone will be up in arms, but if you add a cash shop that most people could see coming a mile away then you annoy a few. SE isn't dumb enough to piss off everyone.

[Stihllodeing]

If you raise the sub price then everyone will be up in arms, but if you add a cash shop that most people could see coming a mile away then you annoy a few. SE isn't dumb enough to piss off everyone.

So true. And only "a few" couldn't be any more accurate. I don't understand why anyone would think their 100th thread about the cash shop is going to make a difference to Square Enix. Here's the "truth" of the way it is:

How some want SE to address the cash shop:

"Oh I see! In light of recent developments, we've decided that vanity is indeed being gated by a paywall and we have went back on our word. To rectify this, we shall <insert the obvious bending of will to minority demands> and we are so SO very sorry."

Here's how SE obviously feels about the cash shop:

"Our official representative has already publically addressed the concerns. "No Pay to Win" is our stance and believe that statement is clearly defined by common sense."
"Not only have we not taken any items available for purchase out of the cash shop, we've added to the cash shop"
"We have not and do not have any future plans to address the forum community regarding this issue"
"We have straight up deleted (condensed) threads painting this issue in an unfavorable light"

If you believe it is wrong and decide to pay your sub anyway and come to the forums to complain, the only thing you accomplish at this point is painting the community out to be a bunch of self entitled spoiled gamers the entire gaming community complains about and/or exemplifying the "sheep gamers" you say people are who support the cash shop making a hypocrisy out of your own argument. I can't think of a better example of a "sheep gamer" than someone who hates the business practices' of a developer and then pays a monthly sub for their product.