Online Store is Getting Worse!

[Raoabolic]

You are under the impression that glamours and mounts are created for the Mog Store for a Western audience. The reality is that many of those items are created for other markets first -- ones that do not pay a monthly subscription fee. The business unit in charge of those items is not directly under the control of the game's Producer. That business unit assesses the market and then tasks the game's art department with creating the item in-game.

From what little I've been able to glean, both South Korea and mainland China have a per-hour cost that, at least 8 years back, was the equivalent of about US10cents per hour of play. It is unclear whether they pay for expansions as a separate charge. Both South Korea and mainland China servers are entirely separate from the rest of the world. The companies that own and operate the servers provide localizations and customizations. Some of the items that first appeared on the Korean 'Mog Store' have migrated to our own Mog Stores -- the Street Attire set is one of those items.

So you are telling me that they can charge f2p prices because certain "nations" made SE bend at the knee and force them to not charge a monthly fee? That's just called screwing over your paying customers, but then again why change something that's acceptable? Now go out there and punch a [INSERT VILLIAN HERE]~!

[kaynide]

I'm only trying to prove how the argument of time spent is mostly nonsense when it comes to digital products. A triple-a game has 100x the time and effort put into it compared to any single cosmetic in the mogstation, but it would be considered cheap if we compare the prices. No, the price is not "fair" for an item with infinite supply and no risk. The price will never plummet since you cannot flood the market, so the price that they set will be held unless no one buys it and they decide to cut it for a time.

That's the rub though, Square Enix owns everything that goes into the game, including MogStation glamour items. They have the right to price their wares at whatever price they want, and assuming sales happen, then capitalism "is working as intended". They are hardly ignorant of pricing and sales and surely have the data telling them where the sweet spot is to maximize profits. There is no reason to price anything "fairly". It boils down to people buying it or not, continuing to play or not, engaging in X or not; all of which gives them data on future pricing.

And so far, the data clearly shows things are selling at the current price point.

It is irrelevant if it is digital or not- if the product is selling for a higher price, they'd be a fool to reduce the price and take money away from your company/shareholders/staff. They're not running a charity.

This is exactly why craptastic games/movies quickly move to DVD, and certain titles like Zelda for Switch still sell for around $70 in Japan, despite being a 2017 title.

..and yet other 2017 AAA games like Horizon Zero Dawn are going for about $20.00. (60% sale off from 40$ish on Steam atm..but then again it's been on sale like 5 times this year)

Both fantastic games..but well, there's a reason why Nintendo calls Zelda/Mariokart/Smash Bros "evergreen".

These companies all know where there sweet pricing spot is to maximize as much profit as they can get.

[Raoabolic]

That's the rub though, Square Enix owns everything that goes into the game, including MogStation glamour items. They have the right to price their wares at whatever price they want, and assuming sales happen, then capitalism "is working as intended". They are hardly ignorant of pricing and sales and surely have the data telling them where the sweet spot is to maximize profits.

It is irrelevant if it is digital or not- if the product is selling for a higher price, they'd be a fool to reduce the price and take money away from your company/shareholders/staff. They're not running a charity.

This is exactly why craptastic games/movies quickly move to DVD, and certain titles like Zelda for Switch still sell for around $70 in Japan, despite being a 2017 title.

..and yet other 2017 AAA games like Horizon Zero Dawn are going for about $20.00. (60% sale off from 40$ish on Steam atm..but then again it's been on sale like 5 times this year)

These companies all know where there sweet pricing spot is to maximize as much profit as they can get.

Then they should not get upset when others pirate their software. Money is an issue to everyone, not just multimillion dollar companies so when they hold IPs hostage by turning games into a "live service" full of dlc and microtransactions then they should expect there will be pushback. It is nice seeing dev rants in the game files though, feels good when there are those out in the trenches that can still call a spade a spade even if they have to hide it in a .dat file, lol.

P.S. I hope they add denuvo to the switch games like nintendo is threatening to, I want to see what kind of hacky rigging denuvo will have to implement for switch carts~!

[Deveryn]

Why you think it's ok that an item be it glam or mount worth more (by the price SE made) that any patch ever? Did any one worked more on a glam that one a raid? Or even a dungeon? Worked more that on all the in game gear sets we got in each patch? How you justify that?

This first question doesn't really make sense. The value of any patch varies from person to person and how long they remain subscribed during each cycle.

Did anyone work more on anything? Of course they did. If time is money, then the hours invested in pursuing one item or another easily exceed the value of a store item, though there's little comparison there as the items tend to be vastly different and it all comes down to personal taste. Everyone justifies purchases in their own way.

[kaynide]

Then they should not get upset when others pirate their software. Money is an issue to everyone, not just multimillion dollar companies so when they hold IPs hostage by turning games into a "live service" full of dlc and microtransactions then they should expect there will be pushback. It is nice seeing dev rants in the game files though, feels good when there are those out in the trenches that can still call a spade a spade even if they have to hide it in a .dat file, lol.

P.S. I hope they add denuvo to the switch games like nintendo is threatening to, I want to see what kind of hacky rigging denuvo will have to implement for switch carts~!

I mean, emulation and mods are always gonna be a thing. But it's hard to compare FFXIV as a game full of microtransactions/DLC like certain other games out there. There's nothing for sale in the MogStation that I couldn't just .dat swap if I really REALLY needed some glamour for the day. Outside of boosts/fantasia, I guess.

Conan Exiles is a good recent example of a wrong decision for in game shop that I'd happily mod my way around. Or maybe gacha games like Genshin Impact. Or the godawful mess that is Diablo Immortal.

[Raoabolic]

I mean, emulation and mods are always gonna be a thing. But it's hard to compare FFXIV as a game full of microtransactions/DLC like certain other games out there. There's nothing for sale in the MogStation that I couldn't just .dat swap if I really REALLY needed some glamour for the day. Outside of boosts/fantasia, I guess.

Conan Exiles is a good recent example of a wrong decision for in game shop that I'd happily mod my way around. Or maybe gacha games like Genshin Impact. Or the godawful mess that is Diablo Immortal.

Funny you mention Conan Exiles considering modders are doing the same thing to fix the devs mistakes with the new races, lmao. Also, it's a bit disingenuous to compare a f2p game like waifu impact to a monthly sub game like Final Fantasia XIV. Though the fact you can make comparisons to those two when it comes to cash shop stuff is a bit worrying!

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But it's hard to compare FFXIV as a game full of microtransactions/DLC like certain other games out there.

are you going to tell me that expansions packs are not dlc and the mogshop is not a key example of microtransactions? I just reread what you posted and I got a good chuckle at this gem, lol.

[magitekLuna]

This first question doesn't really make sense. The value of any patch varies from person to person and how long they remain subscribed during each cycle.

Did anyone work more on anything? Of course they did. If time is money, then the hours invested in pursuing one item or another easily exceed the value of a store item, though there's little comparison there as the items tend to be vastly different and it all comes down to personal taste. Everyone justifies purchases in their own way.

one more mental dance i see. well have fun as long as you can befor people like you will make it so any thing is payed for.

[Deveryn]

one more mental dance i see. well have fun as long as you can befor people like you will make it so any thing is payed for.

I have nothing to do with it. This is the world we live in.

P.S. Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to.

[Raoabolic]

P.S. Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to.

QUESTION:Why did the devs give the greenlight to make a 5 minute slice of life cutscene in game but put critical parts of XIV lore about the sundering in Babylon's Fall? :^D

[IkaraGreydancer]

Some people just keep trying to find excuses to justify it, but at this point they cant even find any excuse anymore, so they go like "lalalalala i cant hear"

Oddly enough? I've seen zero people here do that. It seems you're opting to use belittling tactics because not everyone agree with you. It's a common move you make here