Stop Online Store Items

[Alicie]

You want to know what this boils down to? Why would they stop?

No, seriously, Mog Store glams consistently become flavor of the month, you can't go into a roulette without seeing several people wearing them, so you need a good reason why Square Enix, as a business, would stop them, it brings a huge deal of profit, you'd need a good reason from a business point of view, being better for the players isn't enough, does it suck that it is like this? yes, I don't like it either, but it is how it is.

Points have already been provided in the first message. Better player retention, better reputation and loyalty, better overall opinions of the game, extended content lifetime especially considering that delays between patches got significantly bigger and amount of new content significantly smaller, aren't these things that SE desperately needs right now? Especially in the light of recent events where it has been made clear that there will be "no substantial changes in foreseeable future" and considering that players are already have became very tense about more and more store exclusive items being added constantly.

[VeyaAkemi]

Points have already been provided in the first message.

And none of that matters when faced with profit, you can't make the argument that it will make for a healthier game, that does not matter for the suits, you need to find a way to make the argument this will lead into more money, and your argument needs to be strong enough to out-do the internal data they have, just saying "More goodwill=more subs=more profit" is a hollow statement without data to back it up, it's just something you feel is right.

And believe me, I wish the argument of "Well you might make less money but will make money for longer" worked on executives, it does not, capitalism cares about what is in front of it only.

[Alicie]

And none of that matters when faced with profit, you can't make the argument that it will make for a healthier game, that does not matter for the suits, you need to find a way to make the argument this will lead into more money, and your argument needs to be strong enough to out-do the internal data they have, just saying "More goodwill=more subs=more profit" is a hollow statement without data to back it up, it's just something you feel is right.

And believe me, I wish the argument of "Well you might make less money but will make money for longer" worked on executives, it does not, capitalism cares about what is in front of it only.

I do not think that "they won't ever change it, it's all doomed" mindset will lead anyone anywhere. Also, I do not think that we, players, should really think on how SE executives can maximize their profits. If anything, I believe if everyone who does not likes microtransaction locked items in a paid game with paid subscription and paid DLCs would make a single post expressing their dissatisfaction in this thread, there could be at least a slim chance to set a motion to change it in future. Why would you be so defensive about microtransactions?