Quote Originally Posted by AamesxDavid View Post
You're under the mistaken belief that SE is a stupid company. They're very aware that they'll lose people no matter what they charge. And you can go ahead and speculate that "most" people will leave if they charge full price, but you don't have any real evidence for it. If you think that they should charge half price give your reason and stop speaking for everyone else.

If you're arguing that charging half price will make SE more money, then you're saying that over double the number of people will sub to a half price fee for the entire year. With no one coming back after a patch or two, and no new people joining. Oh, and "70% of our users that voted in the poll were very against being charged a fee" doesn't mean they won't pay it, and no number is given for that "most" they claim were fine with a half-price fee. But even if the speculation on those results was accurate, it's just one fan site, and far from representative of the whole community.

Bottom line, if you think the game is worth $5 and not $12, then say why - speaking on behalf of other people with no real numbers just isn't going to cut it. And I'm very interested to know how the game isn't worth a $12 fee, but is somehow worth a 55-page debate. Not to mention all the time you've spent playing the game. You must not value your time at all.
Everyone makes mistakes.

You were there for the launch of FFXIV, weren't you? Do you really want to call SE a smart company for doing that?

I think rigidly sticking to the $12 is a mistake. I don't buy the "if it's worth $5 it's worth $12" argument. Because even more people would drop off if they said, "if it's worth $12, it's worth $50." Everyone draws the line somewhere.

You could buy an iPhone game for a dollar. Is FFXIV worth $12/month or would you have more fun buying 12 iPhone games a month, especially when you consider 1.0 is getting thrown in the trash heap as soon as 2.0 is done? Even if you're still convinced it's still worth it, many people don't.

Even if you want full price, you stand nothing to lose if they lower it. You'll pay less, there will be more people online to play with, and if the price point is just right, SE will make more money to feed their starving engineers. What's not to like about this plan?