Cash shop confirmed

[MiniTofu]

Does anyone have the screenshots of those slide for the cashshop items during the Dev Q&A? I would like to review them. Maybe OP can put it up at the first post.

[ApolloGenX]

Well, that instantly devalues the subscription that used to pay for all content. Now it doesn't.

So - from here on out, it will just be up to them to decide what a sub covers and what it doesn't. Have fun with that. I would rather just play a F2P game that is upfront about what you pay for than to deal with a company that just makes it up as they go.

[Gramul]

Thats because people arent willing to go without to make a point. They may bitch, but in the same breath they'll click on the "buy" button. Some of it is simple peer pressure, since no one wants to be "that" friend that doesnt have the shiny new toy.

If you really dont want a cash shop in this game, dont buy anything they offer, otherwise, you're only a hippocrite and supporting something you supposedly claim to hate.

Teirshin. Teirshin look at me. Teirshin I swear to you. I swear Teirshin. I will never. Not ever. Buy a Cash Shop item from Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. You hear me Teirshin? You read me clearly? Teirshin? You understand Teirshin? Teirshin?

[abzoluut]

I wonder if on the JP forum this subject went viral too.

[Erudain]

.... people CALM DOWN... holy smoke I came back here after 6 hours... people are still raging...

Cashshop has not been out yet AND director said no pay 2 win on stage live during fanfest.

Get a gripe!

Yes because they haven't lied before (housing) and because other companies (NCsoft, Bioware, Bluehole, Trion, etc) haven't all said exactly that when they opened their cash shops: "it's just a little vanity"...and before you realize you have almost no longer fluff items in-game, but tons on the CS and later they add buffs, keys, and other "comodity" stuff.

How long does it take for a habit to become a tradition?
That's why ppl is afraid, because of SE lying record + what they've seen in the past. Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me

[Erepio]

Really? Do you believe that? because out of the goodness of their greedy little hearts they're going to make it obtainable when they could make money off it; keep dreaming, buddy.

didnt say i believe one way or another...i for one dont care...they can give it for free to every1 for all i care....what im saying is we still dont have any idea whats going on with the cash shop, yet ppl always asume the worse, heck even if its on the cash shop i dont care

ill care if they start adding new stuff on it every week instead of every now and then, ill care when they add exp boost item etc

what im saying is atm we have way too few info on the damm thing

[ShinigamiZero]

I wonder if on the JP forum this subject went viral too.

It's clear that this thread is hot and popular with up to page 65 already..yet it doesn't show on the popular threads tab for me.

[Lyron]

I guess every buisness dreams of intelligent customers who realize this stuff is extra and I don't need to buy it unless I want to? umm... ok...

Oh, BTW, I have no plans to buy anything extra from the cash shop. I just don't understand why the insane amount of backlash... the nearest i can figure is "ya, but what IF...!"

The old saying isn't about an intellectual and his money.

And those "what ifs" are based on industry trends and company tendencies to copy each other. Those "what ifs" will soon be reality and people will be defending the next big thing as just people complaining about "what ifs".

There was once a time when full priced consoles games didn't have microtransactions. That too is becoming a thing of the past.

[MiniTofu]

Well, that instantly devalues the subscription that used to pay for all content. Now it doesn't.

So - from here on out, it will just be up to them to decide what a sub covers and what it doesn't. Have fun with that. I would rather just play a F2P game that is upfront about what you pay for than to deal with a company that just makes it up as they go.

Honestly, I do not want F2P. I rather have subscriptions. I've been on several F2P games, everything just end up terrible boring at the end.

I believe subscription = better development funding in consistent manner. Rather have a fluctuating development time and money issues in most Free2Play MMOs.

There is no progression on the game content development (in depth) GW2 has bi-weekly update but those contents only lasted 1 day. That is almost nothing. I get bored after I finished every new content under 1 day. They are funded by cashshop only, all vanity and extra boosters.

[Shadray]

Did they say whether houses could be bought in the shop?