Fat Moogle Mount on Mogstation!

[ErryK]

The movie theater business is completely different from MMOs. Most of the money from a ticket sale goes directly to the actual movie studio and NOT the theater. Concessions are where they can actually make a killing.

Ok, here's a better analogy. It's like saying "I should have free refreshments from the minibar when I already pay $150 for a hotel room". Except they're not free, it's an EXTRA service which is 100% optional. You are saying it should not be there but the fact of the matter is, it's optional.

And you are completely missing the point. Of course value is subjective. The point is, we pay a monthly subscription cost for this game, everything (fluff) should be included with this subscription. Instead, we get nickel and dimed for special items that are cash-shop only.

That's only how you see it, and you are perfectly capable of deciding whether x or y is worth purchasing based of if the game is P2P or F2P. If a developer chooses to include a CS to a P2P game where they already charge $15 for a month's worth of playtime, then that's how they run their business and you are one person out of a potential 400,000-600,000 telling them how to run a business. Losing you as a customer, is them losing $15 a month, except they're already making double that amount by selling this Fat Mog mount. While you are free to tell them to not apply a CS or not, it is up to SE in the end, not the customer.

TL;DR SE dictates whether cash shop stays or goes, and that is the justification of why the CS is there. SE will use it how they please, if you're unhappy, then there's not much you can do except voice your opinion.