Quote Originally Posted by basketofseals View Post
We're paying for a cash shop because we're paying the same price, and for some poeple even less, for MMOs 10 years ago, even though FFXIV has much higher graphical fidelity. More money has to come from somewhere.
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I'm sorry, but I dont agree with this at all. The appeal of subscription based mmo's (especially verses the free to play mmo's) is that you pay a monthly sub, and you get access to EVERYTHING IN THE GAME. Making people pay for the items (as optional as they are) goes against that very principle. I'm paying $15 a month to have access to this game. thats $180 a year, to have access to a game.

Think about that. If you count only ten players paying the $15 a month price for a sub, thats almost two thousand dollars ($1,800). For ten players. Now, think about how many players there ACTUALLY ARE. Lets say theres roughly one million active subscriptions. if they were all paying the $15 a month (I know many players pay less) thats one hundred and eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) a year, off of subscription fees alone.

Now, you tell me that someone paying $8 for a costume, and $10 for a phantasia bottle is REALLY enough extra money to "incentivize" them to make more content. Thats freaking pocket change.

The cash shop is not needed, and honestly we need to stop supporting it. Our sub is enough to warrant us access to everything in the game.