YoshiP stated that MMOs are trending toward F2P

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You CAN do a F2P game right. The cash store attached to Guild Wars 2 is "almost" acceptable. It still has some 'pay-to-win' features (XP booster potions and such), but its real draw is in the vanity items and minipets.

FFXIV has something GW2 lacks: Housing.

I don't think GW2 is free to play done right, personally I dont think it's anything done right. As for FFXIV having something GW2 doesn't, you missed a big one - game play. Honestly I don't see GW2 as being in the same league as FFXIV.

I do see a problem with FF14, since people pay a sub many get through everything so quickly they stop subbing once they get bored and stop playing till the next patch.

Content locusts would starve in the F2P world, they would not slow down, they would exhaust the free aspect of the content and move on to the next free game as soon as they were unwilling to pay for more. F2P works on the basis of whales. The majority of players are not whales and soon tire of the free element before moving on.