£130 =/= $130

[beowulf81]

What I'd really like is for someone to ask Yoshida or a developer straight up, what on earth is the justification for this price gouging. It wasn't long ago that we were told that FFXIV ARR had 4m subscribers, so its not as if this hasn't been a resounding success, I couldn't imagine that SE is financially hurting as a result of the assets spent on this game (from what I've read, the opposite is true).

Trying to bleed your customers is never a sound business plan, and will never be received well; look what happened when people got wind of the disk locked content in Streetfighter vs Tekken. People still haven't forgiven Capcom for that.

Silence is not the answer. If it is not addressed the outrage from the UK community will not die down, it will only strengthen. A customer base that no longer respects the company that they pay a subscription to is not one that will stock around - people will stop their subscriptions and take their business elsewhere, as I have considered doing. Since SE are providing this MMO on a subscription based service this is clearly not going to be an outcome they would wish for, but how on earth could they expect anything different?

I was not able to attend the fanfest last year, but I will definitely be at the next one, and I will ask Yoshida about this if it hasn't been answered by then. That is, assuming I am still playing this game; considering this debacle, I'm not so sure I will be.