Cash Shop Items for FFXIV possible future update?

[Setto]

hell no!
we pay for subs monthly

it more logic that we can get those cosmetic, change appearance, mount and costume through in-game content without cash

i don't understand the logic "as long it's cosmetic, cash shop is okay"
for god sake paying subs we should got all those in-game.

i prefer word "idiot" for those saying "as long it's cosmetic, cash shop is okay"
pardon my rudeness

PS. Real Money for my own char model? merchandise ? I will buy it without second thought

[LlenCoram]

Thats actually a really good idea XD - physical models of your character. I'm sure they have or know a production facility to produce physical models from computer models. Why stop there though, I wouldnt mind having minature Uldah's or other cities either (similar how Lord of the Rings made the Minas Tirith model). Dalamund hovering over (crashing) into Limsa - ill buy it lol.

Perfect world: Yoshi is friends with the people at Goodsmile Company, and through those connections he makes a deal where our characters can be rapidly 3D printed in resin.

I'd be willing to pay quite a bit for a model of my character.

[Risae]

We NEED cashshop items or else Square Enix will lose even more money.

[Rahsch]

We NEED cashshop items or else Square Enix will lose even more money.

How would they lose money?

[Rahsch]

hell no!
we pay for subs monthly

it more logic that we can get those cosmetic, change appearance, mount and costume through in-game content without cash

i don't understand the logic "as long it's cosmetic, cash shop is okay"
for god sake paying subs we should got all those in-game.

i prefer word "idiot" for those saying "as long it's cosmetic, cash shop is okay"
pardon my rudeness

PS. Real Money for my own char model? merchandise ? I will buy it without second thought

Hell I would even pay more money if they put in a part of what city your nation is, your flag, your favorite class and then maybe a monster in with your character statue, I would imagine something like this to maybe cost about $100 but I would rather spend that much on my character model than have a cash shop for items you can't get in-game without spending cash on.

[Levian]

We NEED cashshop items or else Square Enix will lose even more money.

Someone needs to point this out, looks like I'll be that asshole today...if they didn't rush to compete with Cataclysm, they wouldn't have lost money in the first place. Remember the state this game was in a little over year ago? People didn't play it for a week then leave in droves because there was no cash shop, or they didn't wanna pay a subscription fee. SE didn't replace everyone on the Dev team because the game was lacking in the vanity items for dollars department. The guy that cashed out that large chunk of SE stock the day of release didn't do so because he had no faith in the p2p monthly subscription framework.

SE got burned becase they rushed to release and the game turned out to be an unplayable monstrosity. Throwing up a cash shop, especially right now, would not only be like putting a bandaid on a gunshot wound it would also be an insult. Judging by Yoshida's comment about taking his sweet time to make sure ARR is fully ready for release, they've learned their lesson. It's a crying shame it took a multimillion dollar loss, and dragging the name of their flagship franchise through the mud for them to learn that lesson. However, you'll find me unsympathetic because that's a novice error for a new game developer, not one that's been in the business for 20+ years. But they're on the right track now, their hard work looks like it's paying off, so let's not throw them off track just yet.

[Starlord]

500k came and played the game@ launch so I fail to see how this "f2p" thing is taking over, when the only reason FFXIV lost all those people was because of a poorly designed game. Period.

[Risae]

500k came and played the game@ launch so I fail to see how this "f2p" thing is taking over, when the only reason FFXIV lost all those people was because of a poorly designed game. Period.

From the 500k people who bought the game only 10k are left.
The other 490k don't even care about 1.0/2.0 anymore.

I can already see people getting fired over at Square Soft once 2.0 bombs.

[LlenCoram]

From the 500k people who bought the game only 10k are left.
The other 490k don't even care about 1.0/2.0 anymore.

I can already see people getting fired over at Square Soft once 2.0 bombs.

You seem convinced 2.0 will fail. I'm having a hard time figuring out why you're still here if that's the case.

[Lum]

From the 500k people who bought the game only 10k are left.
The other 490k don't even care about 1.0/2.0 anymore.

I can already see people getting fired over at Square Soft once 2.0 bombs.

Those 490k people really don't even matter anymore. With a ps3 release coming this time for real that will boost the sales big time. If 2.0 didn't get a single new PC player, the ps3 version will carry this game for many years to come.