$35, really SE?

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Quest reward? Mount for 4 players as a reward for 15min quest?

You literally mention the Regalia yourself, was that not a short quest? Or are we pretending getting 200k MGP was a hardcore achievement?
This could just as easily have been a quest reward, they decided not to and that's fine, but it wouldn't have been unheard of.

I don't care about the cash shop in general, I've used it myself, and if anyone bought the mount I genuinely hope they enjoy it. But do we really need to keep pretending and defending it like it's anything other than a cash grab transaction? Flowery language about donations and supporting these poor struggling devs? Let's say when he made the statement that every purchase went back into the game that was indeed the case, does anyone really believe they would update their statement if or when this changed?

"Hey guys, as of today not every cent you spend on the Mogstation goes back into the game but goes right to the billion dollar monster that is SE as a whole."

Because I sure don't.