When I heard the way they were referring to the Mac version of the game upon announcing it, I was worried this was the case... I understand why they are charging for it being a "separate platform," but at the same time I cannot honestly say the last time I bought a game that had PC/Mac versions and have them be separate purchases. Other major MMOs I've played have allowed me to just sign in online and download whichever version I need, I buy a game on Steam and I get both versions if they are available... SE's decision to separate the two seems like a step backwards. My desktop is a Windows box and my laptop is a Macbook, which I run FFXIV through bootcamp on the Windows partition. I was really rather excited to be able to download the Mac version, but there's no way I could ever justify another game purchase just for that.

In short, this is a big disappointment when so much of the industry already offers PC/Mac versions for the same purchase.