So today I attended TGS 2014 (me legs are killing me...) and I had the opportunity to personally talk to Yoshida.
So I has asked him the question that a lot of people would want to task.
'PERSONAL HOUSING!?'
So I first started off by saying 'There was a chaotic response to housing earlier this week; what do you think about that?'.
His response -
'Hmm.. yes it certainly was. But, I have been telling people about the changes of information to personal housing through forums and letters. Though there was the initial information which was indeed vague'
Me - 'I also looked forward to Personal Housing, but did not end up buying a house DUE TO IT BEING A LIL TO EXP' <-(I did slightly emphasize this, though in reality I do have enough).
'We have come to the decision which is 2.38 in housing, by thoroughly checking the market and gil retained by players. We know how much each player has. Though it is expensive, I think housing should be an achievement where players work hard to earn the gil, it should take some effort to buy a house. Players who laze around should make some effort to make gil.
If we make it anymore cheaper, it would cause problems to the game and market with RMT etc'
Somewhere in there he also said that more plots will be added with 2.4.
Also please note, this is from memory so it won't be correct word by word, but it is the gist of it.
With this I think we know where Yoshida is heading towards with housing. An achievement which you worked hard for, just like with your relic chain quests.
To be honest, I agree with him. Half the people I see complaining about housing request alternate gardening; to mass produce and sell onions for cheap gil I assume.
Anyways take what you want from it.
*Inventory*
I also asked him about lack of inventory space. How I was leveling up all my crafts at the same time, leaving me with 4 full retainers.
To simplify what he said -
'We are working on a solution for that, but it is not as easy. So please bear with it for a little longer'
EDIT-
Day 2 of TGS - Results
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*I just got back*
Alright, I had another talk to Yoshida today at TGS. Unfortunately he was a lot more busier than yesterday so we weren't able to talk much, if at all.
In regards to non-housing gardens and stables. No comment from Yoshida, there is nothing more to say about this right now. Sorry, but I don't have a clear answer on this one. Didn't have enough time to talk about personal inns.
Though I did suggest rental stables and gardens using gil to rent a stable/garden for a certain period of time.
Take what you want from this;;
P.S I had a blast of a time, met up with Soken, Super Dry and Afro-bro. I'll post a SS of my super rare FATE drop later.
P.S.S Sorry if you guys were waiting for a better answer. I wanted to get it for you guys... after I met him, I actually camped the SE booth to catch Yoshi off guard. But it was a wasted effort unfortunately.