Really? They put Shadowkeeper on the Mog Station?

[AlexiaD]

Well, listen, they always need money. AAA games cost a huge amount of money and an army of devs, and other trades. To avoid selling the game at an indecent price, they make up for it with Mogstation.

Personally, if it's nice, I'll take it, frames and attires (I must have 15 attires). I realized I was a whale without realizing it, but as long as I have 2500 days of subscription and it's my main game where I always come back to it, I'm fine with it.

That said, all this is optional and cosmetic, so it's up to you to buy or not. Nobody's forcing you to buy. It's not like all those gatcha that urge you to pay by pressing on your frustration.

When you consider the profits made by Gatcha Made in China (and its recently released game) and the money it brings in, I find this model relatively healthy. It's more or less a way of supporting your streamer on Twitch.

People with too much money have already pounced on day one, just to show that they can afford it without a second thought.

I admit it lacks imagination to release any boss or mobs, but whatever...


This time, I'll pass.
Put some nice Asian clothes back on, I'll take it day one, if it's well done without clipping bugs (e.g. the princess attire...)

Aww the poor small indie company

[Naoki34]

Aww the poor small indie company

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Don't you have a real argument?

[Stormpeaks]

So long !
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Don't you have a real argument?

Do you ?

"oh my god the poor small indie company they need to make mog shop purchases because they have developers for their game" no shit like every other game ? what a discovery that games have developers, you are a genius arent you ?

Unlike the noisy and complaining minority of the FFXIV gaming community, Yoshi-P and his dev team are doing a pretty good job. When I see how many crappy MMOs come out with more promises than achievements. It's easy to cry foul over cosmetics.

And then you write this, and you talk to me about arguments ? lmao, right back at you buddy

[ForteNightshade]

Aww the poor small indie company

They aren't entirely wrong though. As Daeriion summarized here, micro transactions make a sizable portion of the actual profits for a lot of games nowadays. Without them, our base sub fees would be significantly higher. We know this because other companies, Capcom specifically, have openly stated they believe the base price of games should be closer to $200. Outrageous, yeah? Well, prices haven't really caught up with inflation at all because of micro transactions—and to a lesser extent, DLC. The reality is the handful of whales and your occasional indulger make it so none of us have to pay a higher subscription. The trade off being some things will be locked behind a paywall.

It sucks but that's just the nature of the gaming industry and how expensive games have become to develop. Personally, I'll grudgingly accept micro transactions even if they are getting a little... excessive lately over increased fees because I can opt out of the former.