Seriously SE???

[Gilthas]

I'd like to see the download edition be cheaper than the disc edition (why are downloads just as expensive when no physical product needs to be manufactured, stored, or shipped?)

Physical and digital games often cost the same because otherwise brick and mortar stores would refuse to stock them.

EDIT: Now that I've caught up on the discussion, holy ****, the amount of whiny that I skipped.

Only two things to say:

1. The obvious: assuming that monthly fees have been pure profit for SE is at the very least asinine. No one knows how much money SE is making, though given that SE's finances have been getting better I think we can assume a nice profit. For now at least.

2. The most important part: I see so many people expecting SE to put all the profits made from FFXIV back into FFXIV. If SE had to do that (hell, if any company had to do that) they would just shut down the game.