New 12 dollar emote should have been a Eureka reward!

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Why is the gamer expecting all games has a fixed price at $60 USD?[/U][/B]

Ask the day-1 buyers of FFXV if they paid only 60 :-° *watch to the last pack


And why not answering? only Krotoan did answer my questions, why not you? (if you did, sorry, didnt see, i am ok to a link and read ^^')


BTW, i never considered the prices are "right". I have no matter if tomorrow Yoshida says "now, instead of 15 dollars it will be 18" if we have no more cash shop (or didnt have)

But here is the thing... Square Enix, and many others know one thing.
You create a game and you count it has to be sold 100 dollars instead of 60. BUT the game deserve those $100. Players, and specialized media will scream at horror, say it is scandalous!



So, instead of, they sell it 60 dollars, and prepare season pass, DLC, promotionnal op (like FFXV with sims for example) and so much more. Instead of a 100 fix dollars for a full game, we get a 60 dollars partial game, and so many way to spend more and more.

My problem is cash shop in sub MMORPG (not only in FFXIV) but also season pass, the DLC that are fully announced BEFORE the game release (... so they get the DLC content away from the game)
I prefered when we bought a game, we bought an expansion, we did pay "high price" but one time, not dozen of smaller prices.


My matter is not "they shouldnt make so much profit". In fact, if a company does a wonderfull game, and for $1 invest in the game, they get back $10. I would applause. But no. they try to get as high as possible with those dozen of miniselling, making a mist.

NOBODY here, neither the pro cash shop or anti cash shop havre real proof of how much the cash shop is needed or no to do the FFXIV we have. The mist hide it. maybe you are right, maybe i am. But nothing to clearly say who.
With old system, the devs just had to say "we invest X on the game" "we sold Y of the game" and simple math gave an idea.

I dislike when there is mist. And all those cash shop, season pass and loot boxes are mists.


For now, some PC gamers are crying when a game is $60 and not 40. or an online game with buy to play system (even without cash shop). some thinking all should be F2P with some aesthetic to pay... But this is the mentality i hate most...

I recently bought civ6 expansion, i like civ6 and this expansion. BUT i think this expansion finally doesnt deserve the 30 euros. ok. Not because "30 too much" but because "too much for this" (and more = it is my opinion ^^') I bought GTA5, i was enthousiast enought to buy it 80 or 100 euros (if nothing to pay ... i repeat i prefer the 1 time payment, or subscription when it deserve a sub system)

I never understood why freeze the game prices. Another mistake we did yes.

in the end you said "they added 3 high quality emote, dont cry for 1 emote in cash shop"
50% aesthetic, 10% or 1% in cash shop doesnt totally change the matter, just change how much we are fucked up...


édit : when you pay 1 time, or a subscription, you can think easily "does this game deserve my 10 monthly euros/my 70 euros, etc etc"
but, lets see any cash shop (will use FFXIV as example because we mainly speak about it... but it is the same for ALL)
lets take this emote, $12. let consider 4 more emote come with the same prices. you buy all 5. ok... you spent $60 for 5 emote. The game price you speak about...