Problem with "Optional" Items in the Cash Shop

[Valinis]

I doubt any of it would exist. Would you be willing to see your subscription go up to cover them? Someone has to pay for the work as it isn't free.

We already pay for it every month. Also, an eastern-inspired glamour 2 weeks before an eastern-inspired expansion that we payed $60 for?

Micro-transactions are a permanent part of the gaming world and is no surprise that Square-enix is one of the major companies who have been pushing micro transactions. In a recent survey the majority of players are actually for micro-transactions. 57% liked micro-transactions while 52% were not for it. This has been increasing through the years as gamers are more accepting of this feature.

Survey taken by: Nelson Games (consumer report company)
Link: http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/c...eport-2017.pdf
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This has absolutely zero context. Of course people are "for" micro-transactions in a game that is F2P. The opposite is true of a P2P game such as FFXIV (the whole reason this thread even exists).