Quote Originally Posted by Belhi View Post
They tripled FF14's budget for SB. For that to happen, the development teams had sufficient financial data to convince the corporate side of things that the investment was worth it. We are getting a lot system wise. I seriously doubt FF14's sub numbers have increased to the point that would justify it otherwise. Upgrades and moves like that aren't cheap and they are on top of the usual development costs.
Yes, but did they triple the budget for Stormblood because FFXIV was making triple the profit, or simply because they stopped taking 2/3 of the profit away from XIV's development?

Quote Originally Posted by Nicodemus_Mercy View Post
Just remember that those extra dollars people spend on the store are benfitting you directly by increasing the available budget for future FFXIV content.
That would be nice, but as you said...
Quote Originally Posted by Nicodemus_Mercy View Post
It's about expanding your business as a whole, not just one specific IP.
We have no proof that (all) the money made from mog station is being used to make the game better, or even that (all of) our sub money is being used to make the game better. I believe it was outright stated that SE was stripping funding from XIV in order to make XV.