Mog Station is overpriced.

[Jandor]

All things considered though, WoW has also had the cash shop for a far longer period of time than this game has even existed (including 1.0). There's still no trace of such destruction at the hands of the cash shop in sight yet.

Not gonna deny the possibility of it happening, but when you take into account how long its been standing since it was first introduced, its been multiple MMORPG lifetimes worth of time going. I don't think FFXIV has a whole lot to worry about as far as gating players from meaningful content worthy of being called "P2W" because of cash shops.

The point is that it doesn't always happen. It can, there's no denying that, but no point in fear mongering when there's no real evidence of it yet.

For the sake of argument, lets say I'm wrong, let's say it doesn't happen to all of them. It is undeniable that it happens to most, why take the risk?
FFXI hasn't got a cash shop as far as I'm aware, and it still exists, and it's older than WoW. It still even receives updates. Basically living proof that FF MMO's without cash shops can last pretty much indefinitely.

We know most MMOs with cash shops turn to rubbish eventually.
We know a FF MMO can exist without a cash shop for over a decade.
We know that this particular game turns a big profit even before cash shop is considered.
What exactly is the reason supposed to be for accepting it in this game?