$35, really SE?

[Ilyrian]

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.

It's for SE to up the budget then, not continually tap its subscribed player base under the guise of a fundraiser that is the cash shop. It's having its cake and eating it.

If FFXIV isn't a workable business model they should be upfront about it - either raise the sub price or be honest that they need people to buy stuff or the game will fold.
Do you know why the don't do this? Because it isn't true.

[Amaret]

Well, i don't have an issue with the price. But haveing no Headgear piece as Hrothgar on a NEW 18$ Cash Shop item is very disappointing...

[Yencat]

Well, i don't have an issue with the price. But haveing no Headgear piece as Hrothgar on a NEW 18$ Cash Shop item is very disappointing...

Yeah... For supposedly being the race the devs were so passionate and adamant about doing vs Viera being the fan-requested "afterthought" addition they really did you guys dirty.

[Lord_Umbra]

Just a reminder that the game launched without any cash shop at all and was so phenomenally profitable that it was credited with single-handedly digging SE out of a massive financial black hole. They don't really need Mogstation money, the actual game is plenty profitable enough on its own.

The cash shop exists to make even more money, which is their right of course, not going to begrudge a company for doing what it was created to do. Just saying that all the other reasons given were almost certainly made up after in order to justify the shops existence to us.

This game is also partly responsible for putting in that black hole or you going forget how much of screw up 1.x XIV was.

[Zukkii]

Wow, 36 bucks. With that price tag, I hope it can do stuff no other mount can, because 36 doesn't suit for a mount that is essentially just a repurposed object from ARR.

Note to all the bootlickers who say this is okay: You do realize that this is almost the same price as you paid for Shadowbringers? I couldn't care less about your argument of "development costs"and whatnot.
You already bought the base game, bought the expansions, pay your 12-15 hours sub, pay additional money for more retainers. How the frick is this not enough to pay development costs? The mount, that is now repurposed, was an ARR mount mind you.

I may as well have been talking to a wall, since the cashwhales are immune to reasoning. With that price tag, I would rather go buy a different game or buy Greymoor. Way more valuable than a mount...

[Neri]

Note to all the bootlickers who say this is okay:

Way to go to throw the insult to those who don't agree with you.

[Jandor]

This game is also partly responsible for putting in that black hole or you going forget how much of screw up 1.x XIV was.

SE turned a shoddy product that wasn't popular and cost them money into a good product that is popular and makes them money, good for them.

I'm afraid you're going to have to explain how this relates to my point that the game is plenty profitable and the cash shop exists to make money.

[Zukkii]

Way to go to throw the insult to those who don't agree with you.

But they are bootlickers, anyone buying this mount is.

With this price tag, I want there to be a GTA V style of customization to the mount. As it is worth almost an expansion.

[spf1200]

Way to go to throw the insult to those who don't agree with you.

Well she isn't wrong. Anyone ok with that much for a single mount is deep in the fog. This is just SE being greedy plan and simple

[JohnSpawnVFX]

Well she isn't wrong. Anyone ok with that much for a single mount is deep in the fog. This is just SE being greedy plan and simple

No, a price is OK defined on whether enough people buy it or not. Like everything else in life.

Anyone not ok with this price should probably stop imposing their avarice on others, and stop trying to wallet-shame people.