Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
And people also forget our sub pays for patch content, which does include mounts, minions and glamour. They also assume if it wasn't for the cash shop, all this stuff would be in the game. Like DLC, that wouldn't be the case. We simply wouldn't get it at all. DLC/Cash shops/online stores are how publishers offset the rapidly increasing costs to develop games nowadays.**snip** Some will pay for bonus content or collectibles, others won't. If you dislike a price, don't buy it. I really wanted the Chinese outfit, but still haven't felt it worth $18 ($24 Canadian). So I skipped out of it for now.
Wasn't it explicitly stated that they rolled a significant portion of the profit from the game back into the servers and development for 4.0? Seems like the cash shop is part of that profit, so when we're all enjoying expanded inventory, perhaps we need to thank those who do spend more than others on the game in general?