$35, really SE?

[Zaene]

The game industry leaders themselves call us “Whales”

This is objectively true. Individual perception of an objective fact isn't necessarily important.

Apropos of nothing, the chocobo cart mount seems bland and uninteresting to me and I could not justify spending 35$ on it. As for my thoughts on the cash shop, I have bought a few things from it when I was feeling particularly "rich", a personal failing.

I agree with the majority of Cled-cat's points.

[Haruka_R]

Big oof! But that's fair. Highlanders are awesome.

They're ok.

[NanaWiloh]

If the $35 would be used for FF14 development, I'd be okay but it isn't used that way. Most of their revenue is moved to other projects.

Mog money goes back into the game, its sub and expansion money that get spread around to other projects.

[Vahlnir]

Mog money goes back into the game, its sub and expansion money that get spread around to other projects.

Mog money goes back into the game? Coulda fooled me with all the corners they've been cutting this expansion. The FF XIV cash shop is a gold mine.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

Mog money goes back into the game? Coulda fooled me with all the corners they've been cutting this expansion. The FF XIV cash shop is a gold mine.

Yes, I'm sure the physical server expansion they're currently working on is coming straight out of the devs own pockets.

Why is it that people arguing this point always seem to forget the times where actual things were introduced or expanded to the game. Like whole new datacenters.

[NanaWiloh]

Mog money goes back into the game? Coulda fooled me with all the corners they've been cutting this expansion. The FF XIV cash shop is a gold mine.

A gold mine thats trying to fill a budget void that is too big for it too fill. The cash shop is what helped get the money for the data center move without it that never would have happened. Thats how badly SE is hamstringing the game budget wise.

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[NanaWiloh]

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[User202007060600]

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[Gula]

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