Why 14,99 $?

[Mogi]

I'd rather pay the 15 bucks than have this game be a pay2win game

Id pay 25 lol ^W^

[MichuAmane]

If the coffee started tasting sh**ty then yeah it would be bad. A cheaper sub would mean less content expansion. Easy concept, you get what you pay for.

Most people don't walk into gas stations and ask them why isn't gas $1/gal? They know the answer.

Sir you didn't really understand what i wrote and that is ok. I am not talking about quality of the game, was talking about someone wishing X was a cheaper price. I know you know and most people know things cost what they cost. But FFS are u regulating wishes too?

[Zarzak]

Sir you didn't really understand what i wrote and that is ok. I am not talking about quality of the game, was talking about someone wishing X was a cheaper price. I know you know and most people know things cost what they cost. But FFS are u regulating wishes too?

If he said "I wish the game was cheaper" sure. But OP is suggesting that the current price is archaic and needs to change to keep up with the times.

And on that point OP I'd like to mention that minimum wage has gone up over the years as well as education rates. So if anything by this logic prices should go UP not down.

[Slatervonjager]

Why do you think anything is priced the way it is? That price is specifically calculated to...

Yeah, i'm pretty sure almost all of that isn't true. If this were the case, EVERY online game would carry a sub fee, yet only a handful of games do(compared to the entirety of online games, and not counting lamebox live). No matter how simple you may think the game to be(lets say CoD for example), there is still lots of maintenance involved, staff, etc. The point of the Sub fee is strictly for revenue and creating a budget that allows them to create new content. In this game's case, I'm sure the majority of the sub fees are used to recoup from the losses sustained by 1.0. If Square had the money that one of the bigger developers has, this game would probably be F2P, or would have a much lower sub fee. Square doesn't have that money, but hey, at least it's not broke off it's ass like Capcom.

[Kimikryo]

Square not having that money. Dude. Really. Don't eat the shrooms that grow on graves in Eorzea.
Did you look into what games have the Square Enix Brand? None of them has bad selling nummers.

And you cant compare a MMO to an Egoshooter.
You can run a dedicated server on almost any machine for Egoshooters. Can you run an MMO server on your 4 year old laptop? no you can't.
For an MMO that has like 30k players in storrage. You need something big. Serverfarms.
For most of the curretnly obtainable Egoshooters the servers don't need that much power. because they dont have to calculate a huge world with several connection points and different mob behaviour and what not.
They are a map, no matter how large. With lots of static objects. some moveable objects that react to surroundings.

[darthkyron]

Well tbh 14.99 for a game that lacks a lot of content, well i agree with the OP
I mean a FTP game like PSO2 has more ways to build a class than this game that is
Square Wars the clone wars LOL

[Kimikryo]

Did you really just compare phantasy star online 2 with FFXIV?

Hell I loved my Dreamcast, but please those comparisons get more and more ridiculous D:

[darthkyron]

Have you played pso2? i now you haven't if you would have you should have known this
The "Classes" have 40+ abilities to choose from when you customize your char"
So regarding character customization PSO2 OWNS FFXIV ARR .
Like i said you (not insulting you personally but referring to your character) are a CLONE

[Slatervonjager]

Obvious gamer that thinks he's an IT because he owns a gaming PC is obvious.

You obviously know jack crap about computers. You cannot run a dedicated server for any current, or 5 year old shooter on anything. The fact that you made that comment proves you have no clue what you're talking about. Please stop believing all the horse crap you read on PC gaming forums, and actually go out and buy some books, or go to school.

FYI, square has one of the most recognizable names yes, but they are not rich like you seem to think. Square has money, but not the money you think they have. Just because they have their names on a whole bunch of games, doesn't mean they're "rollin in the cash". The current state of Capcom, Who WAS a larger company then square is, but is currently on the verge of going belly up and out of business is proof that just because you have your name on lots of stuff, doesn't mean your doing well.

[darthkyron]

You obviously know jack crap about computers. You cannot run a dedicated server for any current, or 5 year old shooter on anything. The fact that you made that comment proves you have no clue what you're talking about. Please stop believing all the horse crap you read on PC gaming forums, and actually go out and buy some books, or go to school.

FYI, square has one of the most recognizable names yes, but they are not rich like you seem to think. Square has money, but not the money you think they have. Just because they have their names on a whole bunch of games, doesn't mean they're "rollin in the cash". The current state of Capcom, Who WAS a larger company then square is, but is currently on the verge of going belly up and out of business is proof that just because you have your name on lots of stuff, doesn't mean your doing well.

Well maybe SQUARE doesn't have a lot of cash because they made a lot of forgettable games?
FFXIV in a year will be FTP easy

Take that back. It's TESO that's going F2P in a year.

I'm in no way defending TESO.
that game will also become FTP once people finish the easy as EASY content just like FFXIv