Cash shop confirmed

[MihaelB]

Where do people keep getting these budgets from? Haven't seen anyone link a source, other than the investor relation's page which doesn't have any Stormblood information.

They're speculating the 35mil from their last financial report is going to 4.0 but that never has been specified.

A quick google search will yield this link which sends to various other links with some sources:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/67805...eborn/74416154

[Colorful]

They're speculating the 35mil from their last financial report is going to 4.0 but that never has been specified.

A quick google search will yield this link which sends to various other links with some sources:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/67805...eborn/74416154

Looked through the thread and found nothing more than a link to the IR page with no direct links, skimmed through a few reports and found no mention of a larger budget being allocated to MMO projects either. The thread seems like a poorly done joke, I mean...

It's obvious that SE needed more money and will make the most mature and best race of ALL gaming history and I'm positive they will look more beautiful than the slut, prostitute, weave-wearing Miqo'te trash only lonely men with neckbeards and abandoned widows looking for approval would play them

[MihaelB]

Looked through the thread and found nothing more than a link to the IR page with no direct links, skimmed through a few reports and found no mention of a larger budget being allocated to MMO projects either. The thread seems like a poorly done joke, I mean...

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...m-the-Fan-Fest

http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/

[Colorful]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...m-the-Fan-Fest

http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/ir/

The thread you linked states it's nothing more than a rumour, do you know which report it is specifically? The last time someone asked it was said that the report would be published to the public in a few days, but that hasn't happened.

[Jandor]

[Felis]

Can't wait to buy my jump potion from lv1-60

I'm sure it will be a reward from GC squadron (need a job at 60 first before jumping to 60 with another job).
Every EXP scroll ingame is already related to GC.

[SessionZero]

They mentioned increasing the budget so they can improve their servers for the much requested inventory/armoury space additions, but nothing about tripping the game's budget. For comparison, The Witcher 3's development budget is 46m USD which included top of the line visuals at the time, one of the largest open worlds filled to the brim with interesting side quests all somewhat decently voice acted and a 40+ hour main quest line. We don't know much about the expansion... it's possible, but it sounds like a rumour that got out of hand.

Koji Fox said in the keynote at FanFest that Stormblood has triple the budget of Heavensward. Source: I was there, listening.

[NolLacnala]

Heavensward 12mil budget, Stormblood 35mil budget.... If extra cash shop items people purchase help me get more jobs then I'm ok with it.

And I'm not okay with it, since it means SE is only giving Yoshi scraps to run the game on and they're forced to fleece the players to get ahead

[Worldofwarcraft]

Why would they spend 500k - 1m to create a quest/objective for you to obtain those items, when they can spend like 50k to create the model/reuse an old one, and sell it on the mogstation for 25dollars?

[Airget]

And I'm not okay with it, since it means SE is only giving Yoshi scraps to run the game on and they're forced to fleece the players to get ahead

It's called marketing. Look at Twitch, people pay 5 dollars a month towards one person, so every 3 subs equates to one sub in FFXIV and that case goes to one person after Twitch gets their cut. On top of that it's not like they only get their money from the subs themselves, they get tips/donations, they have the new bit system to give people a safer exchange for tips that Twitch get s a cut of to. At the end of the day you don't even need to do any of those additional services to support the caster/company but it's a nice venue to give you the opportunity to support someone/something you believe in.

That's what the cash shop is, it's a venue that allows a user to give money to the company in exchange for unique items that showcase that they offered additional support. This additional support provides the means to use said funds to help the game grow as a whole. You aren't forced to buy things in the cash shop, you aren't penalized for not having an item in the cash shop, they are just additional glamours designed with the intent of offering perks to players who wish to show more support.

Then you have other merch, t-shirts, statues, music cds, etc etc, that offer their own little in-game perks. You buy the product and the byproduct of buying that product is an in game dlc designed because of the product.

At the end of the day you shouldn't be angry at a business for being a business, tv shows sell toys, dvds, games, etc, Sports teams sell jerseys, tickets, overpriced food, little knicknacks with their team logo on it etc. It's just silly to get angry at a cash shop in an mmo because if you take a step back and look at all other forms of entertainment you would realize a lot of products has "cash shops".

Amusement parks have a shitload of crap you can buy even though you paid to get inside but all that grants you is access to the rides, not food or any fun products you have to buy that separately. Movie theatres just give you access to the movie, you have to buy the food/drinks still. Museums vary from the type they are but they all have gift shops where you buy things to show your support and give money to the museum so that they can stay open.

They are all the same mindset, it's better to embrace the idea of being a salesman that branches out your portfolio selling other products that help you to keep doing what you are doing than to just stick to one means of obtaining money and run the risk of running dry because you didn't branch out the opportunity of profit by creating products from other mediums to sell related to the base product.