Ffxiv monthly sub isn't stretching & response to PCGAMER article

[Hallarem]

Lot of gambling money and preying on people wanting the newest "hot character" funding the success and development of the game.
It's a waifu collector with gambling mechanics, all of them are. Good gameplay sure, good story, sure.

Do yourself a favor, and never try these games, save your money. You hear these people talk about "F2P is the way" while dropping "When I dropped my first 5 dollars" in the next sentence.
It's the scummiest way to monetize and hooks you in. Protect your bank and be wary of harpoons, brothers and sisters. The Emperor protects.



Also the logic of comparing gacha lootbox mechanics gambling games of chance VS direct purchases where you know what you get is the wildest take I've ever heard.
If this is a troll, it's the best one I've seen in a while, it's totally devoid of logic and some under the bridge topsey turvey trickery.

Spending a hundred dollars abusing gambling addicts and young people who want waifus on pulls to get a character you like and materials you like to skip PURPOSEFULLY GRINDY MECHANICS vs buying a 5 dollar shirt on a cash shop, like buying a 5 dollar shirt in a real shop. I WONDER WHICH IS MORE PREDATORY, HMMMMMMM! I wonder which company makes more money for development HMMMMMMMMMMMM!
I'm not even arguing which game is better, that's up to opinion, but trying to gaslight the forums into thinking gambling is somehow on equal level to direct purchases is some wild copium whale-oil merchantry.