Steam payment HUGE price increase!

[ShujiMikami]

Do you think that this enrage of the community will bring fruits ?

We can't say anything for certain yet. For now all we can do is attract more people to discuss the issue and voice their opinions.

If this will bring a change to SE pricng policy (i.e. make themn revert the changes) - good for us, we'll be able to return to the game without any issues.
If not - a lot of us will just have to quit and move on. Which is a shame, since a lot of the RU/BR players have invested a huge amount of their time into this game, and the idea of having to spend three times more workhours to afford the sub isn't really exciting for any of us.

[Katsuragi_]

Is purchasing from the steam platform itself the only way to get more play time if you have a Steam account?
Can't people purchase pre-paid cards or something?

Just wondering, mine is a standalone account.

[Velxeor]

In Russia now the subscription is more expensive than the client itself)) It's funny that the cost of the game was calculated not at the rate of the dollar to the ruble but subscription at the rate.

[Aronys]

ARR has been cheaper than the sub for EU since HW came out at least. This is nothing new.

[Nezia]

Do you think that this enrage of the community will bring fruits ?

Hum... let me put my sincere thoughts here.

SE is a company, and like any company they think only about money. Never misunderstand things, companies are not your friends, but they get a lot of money if they make you think so, after all the only goal of any company is making money, things like environmental care and social thought are nothing but propaganda to attract people and make money, as I said before, they get a lot money if they make you think they care.

It is also important to note that most mmo players are not loyal to game, they come for the hipe of the expansion and then leave the game 4~12 months later, which is ok and not reprehensible in any way, they paid for it, they use it as much as they like for as long as they like. In other words, a lot of money companies like SE or Blizzard gets from their games comes from selling the expansions, not monthly payment.

From the above, I believe that it is safe to infer that (at least in Brazil) SE believes they will make some profit from this change, since even if let's say 60% of the Brazilian players leave the game thanks to the price increase, a big portion of them are people from the previous group that would leave the game in some time anyway and the players that remain paying increased prices would in the long therm make up for the ones who left.

All this said, the only way for changes to happen is if SE understands that the change in monthly payment in such a shady manner made them lose money. Steam downvotes help, because the overview of the game may influence future possible players, the same goes for social media posts(like this one or facebook) and journalists or youtubers thoughts on the matter.

But the thing that pretty much would make SE revert the prices all by itself would be Steam deciding to refund the game/addon. The money the company had for guaranteed would suddenly start to leak from their wallets, and this they cannot suffer. And don't think they would be ashamed to go back on their actions and/or apologize or would be too proud to do so, no, companies don't know such things as shame or pride, as said before, anything goes for money.

[Artaletta]

And there is a silence. No announcements, no emails, only come-off from moderator.
The best company in the world.

[FedorSumkin]

The irony in this situation is not only they destroyed their reputation in affected countries, but granted more potential and returning subscribers to FF14 competitors such as World of Warcraft. Who taught these men marketing.

[DDkiki]

The irony in this situation is not only they destroyed their reputation in affected countries, but granted more potential and returning subscribers to FF14 competitors such as World of Warcraft. Who taught these men marketing.

Yes. after my sub ends i with my freinds already decided to return to WoW.

[SuperZay]

Russian playerbase annihilated. I don't know if increased sub price for remaining players will cover sub losses from all players who are not able to pay anymore. If Russians are going to pay now like everybody else, they should at least have the same salaries like everybody else first.

[Argantaelle]

Russian playerbase annihilated. I don't know if increased sub price for remaining players will cover sub losses from all players who are not able to pay anymore.

It seems like increased subscription price won't compensate for playerbase loss. Let's take our static for example. We agreed on continuing playing FFXIV for 2-3 month more because some of us have already payed for it in advance. After that we'll probably move to another game or maybe even stop playing MMOs for some time (it's difficult to invest lots of time in one game and be treated like garbage; some of us will need time to recover).

Some Russian players will stay because they pay full price already. They are mostly legacy players or those who started playing before FFXIV became available in Steam. But SE won't get any additional profit from them.

Anyways, SE profits is not my concern. They made their move, we draw a conclusion.