Cash shop pricing is getting a bit much...

[Mayku]

My problem is more the prices going higher.
As a former concept artist in the video game industry, I know how games can be expensive, especially half of the cost goes into marketing...

And keeping servers running cost also quite a lot of money, especially if you add game masters / programmers / anti cheats ppl behind.

But still then, even if we take the worst of the worse, who is EA and Activision, their glamours, their guns, their sims sets...don't cost as much as on FFXIV lately.

Ppl complain because they pay a 60 euros game and still have some cash shop in them...But FFXIV it's 50 euros + 10 euros a month + more if you want retainers + mog station "optional" items...

I was ok when an outfit was 4-6 euros. But now it's 10-18 euros. The price of an indie game. :/

So I think SE is checking how far we will accept to pay and does also use that money on their other games. Because I don't see what would force such mandatory money garbing increase (app incoming...)

[ElHeggunte]

My problem is more the prices going higher.

But... the prices aren't going higher. The regional "exclusive" gear has always been $18 ever since we got the eastern togi two years ago. Account-wide mounts have always been $24 (in fact, some of the mounts like Sleipnir weren't originally account-wide and were still 24 bucks). Barding that wasn't from an in-game event has always been $10.

I really don't understand where people keep getting the notion that prices have been going up. Every item falls into a category and those categories have had the same prices for years. None of the Nezha items are priced outside of their expected category.

So can someone please explain to me why some of you seem to think that prices are going up? Is it because you saw someone who doesn't know how to math say it and decided to take them at their word instead of taking two seconds to check for yourself?

[polyphonica]

So can someone please explain to me why some of you seem to think that prices are going up?

I think it's because, when they first added the shop, it mostly/only contained returning event items, and they've kept those at a lower price point. Then, after people requested they also bring over the Chinese exclusive items, they started introducing new cash shop exclusive items at the higher pricing tier (while continuing to add seasonal rewards at lower price points). So because all the "new items" are more expensive, it creates a perception that prices have gone up.

It's also often the case that the new items are added to the cash shop during patch lulls (rather than coinciding with patches and seasonal events as the others often do), which draws even more attention to these new items and their prices. Obviously introducing these items at that time is a marketing strategy (since it doesn't get buried by other news), but I think it's also partly what's fueling this perception of an increased focus on the cash shop (since it's right during those lulls when people think "they could have added this to the game!").

[Mayku]

So can someone please explain to me why some of you seem to think that prices are going up? Is it because you saw someone who doesn't know how to math say it and decided to take them at their word instead of taking two seconds to check for yourself?

Look at the first emotes and the last one prices as an example. Going from 4 to 6 to now 12...

Also first asian items where cheaper for the same amount of gear. I really remember getting upset at it because I bought them all and saw the pricing going up on the next ones.

[Krotoan]

Look at the first emotes and the last one prices as an example. Going from 4 to 6 to now 12...

Also first asian items where cheaper for the same amount of gear. I really remember getting upset at it because I bought them all and saw the pricing going up on the next ones.

I see repeat event emotes for 2/3 dollars. Unique for 7 and one 12 dollar megaflare. This is because they're different types, not because they're just jacking up prices as they go.

[Alrin]

But now it's 10-18 euros. The price of an indie game. :/

Exactly this. Why should I pay so much for few pixels when I can buy whole new game with same amount of money?

I am relatively new to this game but after i checked Mog station for the first time it amazed me how expensive these things are considering this is sub game and not F2P.

[Krotoan]

Exactly this. Why should I pay so much for few pixels when I can buy whole new game with same amount of money?

I am relatively new to this game but after i checked Mog station for the first time it amazed me how expensive these things are considering this is sub game and not F2P.

so.. don't.