Quote Originally Posted by Kyrj View Post
I have never seen a leader of a product/business openly say "Please spend your money on our competitors" Sure it makes him sound nice, but that is a poor attitude to have if you're trying to put a product out.
It's actually quite smart because it removes any responsibility for the company to provide content that keeps you entertained long term. They know you're unlikely to unsubscribe entirely, you still have your house being held hostage, your weekly static raid or might simply decide you might as well let the sub run when the next patch is a month or two away.

However, if you say "I'm bored, this content doesn't keep me entertained for more than a week" they can say "but we told you to go play something else, it's good for your health!". The forums are happy to throw this line out at any sort of complaint about lack of content, like a company asking you to pay a sub then find another game for entertainment is a great thing.

Quote Originally Posted by Kaurhz View Post
No he said it is unhealthy to force yourself to try and play or be invested in a video game.
I don't think it's unhealthy to invest in one game. I love investing in one MMO. I don't mean no-lifeing or anything either. I'd rather savor one game fully and take a break if I eventually get burnt out, than scatter it across 10 games where I only take bite sized pieces and never fully get into them. That's just how I am, I tend to latch onto one thing and I'm perfectly content for a few years. I've done that with any past MMO's I've played without a problem, but it's difficult to do that with ff14.