Cash shop pricing is getting a bit much...

[RiyahArp]

You're complaining that a company is selling a product to a market that's willing to pay for it and in enough numbers that it is profitable.

Its more complex. We are all part of the market for ffxiv, while we segment into submarkets when it comes to the mogstation. The point I was trying to make is that the market segment is in its way powerful enough to drag the whole market along, and the whole market is captive because there isn't a symmetrical aspect to "buy things to show support." That means if the segment gets increasingly catered too, the main market gets dragged along until some form of catastrophe happens.

Like enough people shop at walmart (segment) to keep it going, no matter if its harmful to the overall market (people who buy retail.) There's a debate whether this is true or not, and its too long to go into here, but that's kind of what I mean. The point i was referring too is about "just don't do it," as a response, but even if you don't, the market is still shaped by the actions of others.

As for the complaining, it's more a warning to SE to be careful with the cash shop. I'm trying not to be extreme on this, because the cash shop is generally ok. But its pretty easy to get worse; Black Desert is a very good example of glamour micros that charge what the market can bear.