Compromise: Just Charge $5 For Now. Once 2.0 is Out, Then Charge $12

[AamesxDavid]

You seemed reasonable yourself until you spent the majority of your prose on ad hominems against one such as I. I guess everyone is equally disappointed.

Until you went once again with the shoehorned debate jargon, now I'm even more disappointed - unless you have an example of these alleged ad hominems.

My claims towards 2.0 are not mere speculation. It's grounded in the reasons provided by Yoshida himself.

They're based on his hopes for the game, not what the game absolutely is or will be. You can't just state things like "Version 2.0 will make the PS3 version a success with critical acclaim" as if it is fact. They're working on fixing currently-known issues. It's not a guarantee that suddenly everyone will love it.

And it's definitely not speculation to think most people will leave FFXI once full fees for 1.0 resume.

Because one site had a poll in which, mind you, no one said they absolutely would not pay? It said they were "against" the payment. Again, at the very least, you should be requesting an official poll to really show SE what price would yield the most revenue for them instead of just saying they should drop their price because one poll said it would make people happy.

And once again, if you think that SE should base their fee on what would yield the most revenue, why do you think it's so reasonable to charge full price once 2.0 comes out? What if continuing to have a lower price would keep that many more people after 2.0 is released? At least be consistent if that's your real reasoning.