When will you really address the housing availability problem?

[Gyson]

The question is how many players thinking about canceling their subs would stay subscribed just to keep their houses.

In other games people renew their subscriptions just to avoid periodic name wipes.

Heck, Square only guaranteed retaining your FFXI character data for up to 90 days after letting your subscription lapse. You don't think people kept resubscribing just to avoid that? Most people don't really know when they're gone for good and aren't willing to give everything away when they "leave".