YoshiP stated that MMOs are trending toward F2P

[Justsomeguy]

Just been...breezing around this thread.

I want to know what ass backwards F2P mmos you all are playing. I've seen a handful of f2p mmos that let the player buy gear in their cash shops, and guess what? They die. Really, really, fast. I'll be honest, I've spent way more time (and money) on F2Ps than I ever had on P2Ps, (barring XI from all this) and there are some more broken elements to cash shops, yes, but developers have long since realized that people do not enjoy p2w; creating one nowadays will easily spell death for a game. No matter how good it is.

I just don't get it. Do the people running around crying F2P is P2W really get what the items in said F2P cash shops even mean/do to the game and their economy? Or do they just see something and cry wolf?

Besides even if XIV went F2P (which it probably won't for a very, very, long time...since it isn't exactly far-fetched to say that a lot of F2P gamers tend to run uh...a less than optimal rig) I'm pretty sure that there is y'know, some people that are paying attention to what would and would not be acceptable, and it is extremely obvious these days that P2W is not acceptable anymore. Not to mention, making a P2P go F2P is usually a last resort to breathe life into your game (ala Tera) not to take a risky gamble because it kinda sorta might make more money. When XIV is on it's last leg, then is the time to go F2P, to renew interest with some giant overhaul etc etc.

But hell, half the people here think cosmetics are P2W, so what do I know.