It's time to reevaluate the idea of adding a PLEX/Chronoscroll-like system to FFXIV

[KayoZ]

It probably wouldnt work out too well for SE to do it in this game. First of all they have 2 different sub types, entry and standard. Then there is that retainer thing. What are they going to do? Make a different token for each sub type and another good for 1 retainer/month? PLEX for subs only but theyll still charge for the retainers? Only sell standard sub token? I just dont see it happening here any time soon. For whatever reason, Japan seems to really love their subscriptions to the point where even FFXI is still a good old fashioned sub-based game.

Either way FFXIV is still growing and going strong (which was surprising to me) and only getting better. WoW has lost millions in just a few years. You may be thinking "oh but 8 million+ is still great!" Yeah, it is, but its relative. Blizzard has much more invested into WoW. The bigger something is, the more it takes to maintain. I doubt Blizzard is just shrugging off losing over 4 million subs as much as the players are. WoD is already being compared to Cataclysm in terms of worse expansion so who knows how much they'll lose by the next report. I doubt this "option" to have players pay for others subs for in game gold after losing so many subs is a coincidence.

Id gladly take a PLEX system over F2P but this isnt necessary for FFXIV game ATM, and hopefully never will be.