Even the sale prices in the store are prohibitively expensive.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Why does any of that mean that I'm not supposed to call Squeenix out for being obviously greedy and overcharging, even during their once a year sale.

Because value is subjective.

If it WAS "prohibitively expensive and overcharging", the market wouldn't support it and no one would buy them. Yet, every update, we have hundreds of them in mor dhona and other zones showing them off and having fun within minutes.

[JamieRose]

Because value is subjective.

If it WAS "prohibitively expensive and overcharging", the market wouldn't support it and no one would buy them. Yet, every update, we have hundreds of them in mor dhona and other zones showing them off and having fun within minutes.

Which only goes to prove that people playing this game are careless with their money or just straight have too much of it.

[kaynide]

Why does any of that mean that I'm not supposed to call Squeenix out for being obviously greedy and overcharging, even during their once a year sale.



Actually a $15/mo subscription fee is required to play.

So why are they double dipping with an online store?

One man’s greedy is another man’s “eh, not that bad”. I’m sorry you feel the way you do, but this is a you issue.

SE owns the shop, they set the prices. Maybe you feel it’s too expensive, but the number of lunar whales I see regularly says a lotta people don’t.

I mean, imagine going to Disneyland and whining to the crowd around you about the price of their bottled water because you already paid the entry ticket price. You don’t have to like it, and indeed most people probably don’t, but you also don’t have to buy the bottled water for 5 bucks.

[JamieRose]

One man’s greedy is another man’s “eh, not that bad”. I’m sorry you feel the way you do, but this is a you issue.

SE owns the shop, they set the prices. Maybe you feel it’s too expensive, but the number of lunar whales I see regularly says a lotta people don’t.

I mean, imagine going to Disneyland and whining to the crowd around you about the price of their bottled water because you already paid the entry ticket price. You don’t have to like it, and indeed most people probably don’t, but you also don’t have to buy the bottled water for 5 bucks.

Clearly you've never been to Disneyland or you'd know how often people complain about the price of food and drink when they get inside.

[Krotoan]

Which only goes to prove that people playing this game are careless with their money or just straight have too much of it.

I pay for my shelter/food/transportation/utilities every month. I pay my taxes on time and I have no debt.

How am I being careless with my money if I can manage 3-30 dollars extra occasionally to buy what is essentially a toy?

I am sorry if you cannot, but your personal situation is not everyones and your take is an extreme "sour grapes" situation. Just because others CAN afford something you claim they're excessively rich or spending unwisely.

The fact I have enough money to buy luxuries means I'm the opposite of careless. I don't even make a lot of money and I made even less when the game started to have cash shop items which I still budgeted for.

Maybe you spend a little of this "poor little me against the bigbad companies selling luxury items" energy on changing your financial situation and you would find that 3-30 dollars on an entertainment purchase that for the most part is relatively permanent , is not really all that expensive.

[Catwho]

Yeah, I balk at some of the prices even though I can certainly afford it.

It just means I don't buy it unless it's something I know is going to bring hours of enjoyment. Only account wide mount I ever bought was Fatter Cat, and that's because I love maneki nekos and calicos and adore Fat Cat in general. It sparks joy.

[Kes13a]

LITERALLY NOTHING IS REQUIRED TO PLAY what are you even talking about .

I was being moderately sarcastic, since there is nothing there that is a game requirement to do... anything, hence why its called OPTIONAL ITEMS....

[Ranaku]

To be fair the amount of stuff builds up over the years. And SE has always been really fair with their prices in my eyes since they don't shift and they don't tie them to a 6month sub etc.

Also it's a asian company, people from asia don't have problems with cashshops at all. Crying all over the place and being greedy with money seems to be a NA/EU thing, so no matter how much you fellas cry bout it they won't change it. And as long as they don't turn the shop into a cashcow like BDO i am fine with paying like 20 dollars extra every 3months or so. That is what it comes down to at the end. If twenty bucks every couple months is too much for you fellas, i don't want to be in the shoes of the waitress that has to get a 1dollar tip from you.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Which only goes to prove that people playing this game are careless with their money or just straight have too much of it.

Or it could mean that they know how to manage their money so that they have disposable income to purchase things like this from mogstation or other online stores in a game and choose to do so because they want to. You're in no position to dictate to others what their values should be. If we decide to support a game we enjoy by purchasing things from the mogstation then that is our choice to make, not yours. If you choose not to buy something over the price set on it, then that is your choice. If you're blaming us for an inability to afford the items you want from mogstation because we're paying the prices that are currently set, then that would be a you problem and maybe you should take a look at yourself to figure out how you can fix it.

[CrystalPenguin]

So today we get our once a year chance to get the ridiculously expensive costumes and mounts at a discount, yet even with the discount the prices are insanely high.

It's pretty bad when at normal your online store double dipping is asking outrageous prices for cosmetics, but what does it say when you only put this stuff on sale once a year and it's still way too expensive?

$12.60 for most costumes.
$20.99 for SD Fenrir. (This one's been in the shop for several years.)
$16.80 for most mounts.
$3.50-$5 for minions and many are not on sale!
$7.00 for chocobo barding! (Why?)
$8.40 for Megaflare emote and most emotes are coming in at $4.90! (Again, why?)

I could do this all day, but the point is pretty clear. Squeenix can't even give us reasonable prices on shop items when a sale is on! This would be less an issue if this was a f2p game, but it isn't. We're paying a $15/mo subscription and being expected to cough up money for cosmetics as if this was a f2p shop!

You know I used to play Star Trek Online and even they had better deals in their shop, and that IS a f2p game!

Seriously, Squeenix. Give us a break.

Uh I'll gladly be happy to just have any sale on any cosmetics. This is the only sale I've seen (Since I've been playing for a few months) that has almost the whole Mog shop being on sale. I was waiting for a sale on the cosmetics for the Lightning look. Looks like I may actually bite and get it

Even with the costume being at full price. I've seen costumes on games were it's $50+ just for one costume.