Quote Originally Posted by Mature View Post
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The prevailing argument is that because the items exist, period, they should be included in the game as part of the subscription.

What they all conveniently ignore is that these items aren't paid for by the main development budget or influenced by the dev team whatsoever. The cash shop team decides very carefully on what items they want to invest time and resources into, purely based on whether or not they think it'll be profitable.

Why else do you think eastern-styled glamour items are appearing in the shop right before the expansion with an eastern-themed area?

Someone at SE marketing decided "now's a good time to bring these Korean/Chinese assets over to NA before the in-game assets arrive with Stormblood"