Ya'll.. Snow is pricey

[tdb]

There's really so little impact a single individual can have on these numbers to reel them in so I buy them regardless. Sure, if there was a movement for change where the community would come together; I'd participate.

Ah, the good old "I'm too insignificant to matter so I won't do anything" argument. How many others do you think feel the same way? And if all of them instead thought "I'll do my part, no matter how insignificant" maybe something would come of it even without a coordinated effort?

My other cheap entertainment are books I can hold-- physical goods-- paints and art supplies .. these are digital goods and it is only a modern day anomaly that some of society measure digital worth on even grounds as physical property.

But does the entertainment value come from having the physical book, or from reading the words contained within? Would you not be equally entertained for reading the same words from a digital book on a Kindle? If you rent a movie, watch it, and then return it, does not having the movie anymore somehow invalidate the entertainment you got from watching it? It's the same with digital subscription-based games. You should put the value on being entertained by the game, not on owning it or any items within the game.

That being said, there can be some value in physically owning things. The user interface of a physical book can feel more comfortable than a digital reading device, so maybe a digital copy isn't worth as much. I prefer to buy movies on physical Blu-Ray discs, even though I then rip them and watch the movies from my computer. A subscription-based service such as Netflix would almost certainly be cheaper, but I have some misgivings about the quality and the continued availability of my favorite movies (titles being pulled has happened in the past). With a game as massive as FFXIV I don't expect to ever replay it from the start, so availability being tied to my continued monthly payments is fine. I've been a subscriber for 3.5 years and played the game for over 3000 hours. Overall it's cost me 0.20 money per hour, which is pretty good value even for a video game.

Anyways.. we're not changing any minds here; I can say that there is such a thing as a Buyer's Remorse solely due to the cost of what you get -- you can tell me my feelings are wrong. It's something we'll have to disagree on.

We're not telling you your feelings are wrong. We're trying to tell you to act on those feelings. If you continue to act as you have so far, you'll continue to have bad feelings.