Mogstation and New Content

[Oriens]

Taking myself for example:
Heavensward: $129.99
Subscription from June 23, 2015- June 20, 2017: 24 months x $8 (legacy) = $192
Total: 321.99

^ This is just to play the game.

Add in retainer service which is $288.00 for 6 retainers over 24 months.
Total for me to play the game as I choose: $609.99

[Oriens]

I also have bought:
Heavensward: FINAL FANTASY® XIV Original Soundtrack [BLU-RAY MUSIC DISC]: $49.99
FINAL FANTASY® XIV: HEAVENSWARD™ The Art of Ishgard -Stone and Steel- [Art Book]: $39.99
FINAL FANTASY® XIV: HEAVENSWARD™ WAYWARD HATCHLING PLUSHIE: $29.99
FINAL FANTASY® XIV: HEAVENSWARD™ CAIT SITH DOLL PLUSHIE: $36.99
FINAL FANTASY® XIV: Duality [Blu-ray Music Disc]: $39.99
Encyclopaedia Eorzea - The World of FINAL FANTASY XIV - [Book]: $49.99
FINAL FANTASY® XIV MEISTER QUALITY FIGURE ODIN: $139.99
FINAL FANTASY® XIV BABY BEHEMOTH PLUSHIE: $34.99
FINAL FANTASY® XIV HEAVENSWARD™ –The Scars of War- [Book]: $39.99
Pre-Order: THE FAR EDGE OF FATE: FINAL FANTASY® XIV ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK [BLU-RAY MUSIC DISC]: $49.99
2016 Amazon DLC promotion: $19.99
2016-17 Fanfest Live streams: NA: $29.99, JP: $29.99, EU: $29.99 Total: $89.97
Total: $621.86

^ This is to make sure I do not lose out on potentially limited items.

[Oriens]

Now my mogstation purchase in Heavensward alone:
10/18/2015: Minions Tataru, Alisaie, Papalymo, Yda, Y'shtola, Urianger $5 each = $30.00
11/10/2015: Papalymo's Attire: $8.00, Urianger's Attire: $8.00
2/6/2016: Mount: White Devil: $12.00, Mount: Red Baron: $12.00, Mount: Sleipnir: $13.99
3/22/2016: Yda's Attire: $8.00
9/4/2016: Mount: Fat Moogle: $29.99
10/23/2016: Far Eastern Garb for Women: $18.00
11/12/2016: Miniature Dreadwyrm: $15.00
2/27/2017: Emote: Backflip: $7.00, Emote: Play Dead: $7.00
Cash Shop Digital Items Total: 168.98
^I still do not own everything only available on the cash shop.

So outside of the $609.99 I pay for my subscription and retainers during Heavensward, Yoshida and Team expects collectors to dish out another $790.84+ (since I still haven't bought everything on Mog Station) for minions, gear, hairstyles, mounts, housing items, emotes, orchestrion rolls that have never been obtainable by playing the game.

[Rysir]

The cash shop always worried me since if it starts going down the wrong path theres no correcting it once it has the game's development in a chokehold. If FF14 turns into another Mabinogi which endgame literally is glamour since no content is worth doing and everyone just AFKs in the main city showing off their cash shop clothes and a cash shop with thousands of clothes,armor and weapons and very VERY slow content updates then Id be quite upset.