[Spoiler] The Rising Mogstation Update

[Musashidon]

Fixed that for you. We gave no idea if cash shop purchases go into ffxiv or into whatever they feel like.

Just food for thought if you think your purchase is going directly to ffxiv.

if it supports square enix it supports ff14, it's the same thing, no game has all the money going back to making the game/more sequels.

in any business money is always going directly to people pockets.

[loreleidiangelo]

if it supports square enix it supports ff14, it's the same thing, no game has all the money going back to making the game/more sequels.

in any business money is always going directly to people pockets.

You're not objectively wrong, but I doubt I'm alone in feeling like this game is not given nearly a large enough budget relative to all of the income that it generates.

[Lexia]

if it supports square enix it supports ff14, it's the same thing, no game has all the money going back to making the game/more sequels.

in any business money is always going directly to people pockets.

Well normally when game such as this does well it will be given a bigger budget to work with but apparently does not seem to be the case, so people can pour all the money they want into the cash support it not really supporting the game unless SE decides to give the game a bigger budget for all the money it making from said cash shop sales.

[Jadub2k]

Well normally when game such as this does well it will be given a bigger budget to work with but apparently does not seem to be the case, so people can pour all the money they want into the cash support it not really supporting the game unless SE decides to give the game a bigger budget for all the money it making from said cash shop sales.

Pretty much this.. Because our 15$ a month just to be able to log into the game isn't enough anymore, that much seems to be apparent at this point. and to be honest if the money was going to the dev team, I wouldn't mind supporting it but its not or at least a small portion of it. Content would be much better if was but there forced to make due with what they got..

[Musashidon]

Content would be much better if was

this is not some undeniable proof cash shop money isn't going into the game, content being good or bad solely depends on the persons view of the content.

no one here knows if the game is or isn't being given more or less money, it's just being stated like its true to be used against the cash shop.

[Jadub2k]

this is not some undeniable proof cash shop money isn't going into the game, content being good or bad solely depends on the persons view of the content.

no one here knows if the game is or isn't being given more or less money, it's just being stated like its true to be used against the cash shop.

This is ture, what's also ture is that money rules every aspect of this game and the Dev team must make due with whatever budget the higher ups deem worthy to provide which does effect the overall content of the game. Where is the money going, no one truly knows but I'm willing to bet a good portion of it is going to FFXV and Remake

[Jynx]

if it supports square enix it supports ff14, it's the same thing.

Not exactly. In ways it is and in others it isn't.

Due to the lack of transparency I can logically argue that cash shop sales could even be detrimental to content development of FFXIV. Arguing 5 hat high cash shop sales encourage them to cut more content as shop 3xlusive and 5 hat consumers show they are ok with the rate and style of content we are getting.

Sadly we have next to jo information and can only assume what is done with the money and how it effects development.

Personally I think it does nothing but negative things and if we allow them to keep pushing the slopes going to get a little more slippery.

Just because it's good for Square ENIX does not mean it's good for FFXIV.

[Musashidon]

Due to the lack of transparency I can logically argue that cash shop sales could even be detrimental to content development of FFXIV. Arguing 5 hat high cash shop sales encourage them to cut more content as shop 3xlusive and 5 hat consumers show they are ok with the rate and style of content we are getting.

i could always argue that if cash shop items weren't being bought that the items just wouldn't be put in the game at all, why put time and money into something that isn't going to make them money.
they already have lots of glamour and other items in game so just save the money from the team that would be needed to do it all together.

but yea in the end its all only theories and personal thoughts on the situation as a whole based on how we each feel about it.

Just because it's good for Square ENIX does not mean it's good for FFXIV.

but it does, as if the game was making bare minimum (say without or even with cash shop) they would slowly take the budget away while trying to keep as many players as they could while spending less.

[Jynx]

but it does, as if the game was making bare minimum (say without or even with cash shop) they would slowly take the budget away while trying to keep as many players as they could while spending less.

Then you would need to know what "Bare minimum" is, and also by extension know that Square Enix isn't cutting the budget anyways while siphoning off cash.

The cash shop "Supports" Square Enix, nobody can deny that, but how it effects FFXIV is anyones guess we can't confirm or deny if it's good or bad.

[Musashidon]

Then you would need to know what "Bare minimum" is, and also by extension know that Square Enix isn't cutting the budget anyways while siphoning off cash.

The cash shop "Supports" Square Enix, nobody can deny that, but how it effects FFXIV is anyones guess we can't confirm or deny if it's good or bad.

well this is a hypothetical argument based on different views of the situation, so the idea of cutting budget even if a game is doing ok/good isn't impossible but would go against the business model of you put in money to get money.

but how can more money be a bad thing?