Housing Ownership System Abuse

[worldofneil]

SE could consider limiting each real life person to one account, but then they'd lose money to enforce that. The simple fact is, SE is happy to take the money for a second account, and SE is obliged to hold that second account as a separate player.

Adding to this, the way Square Enix have it setup, you can have up to *8* service accounts (subscriptions) under the same main account. So it's not even as if someone with multiple accounts is doing something wrong as SE have set it up to actually make this easier for them (same login/authenticator for up to 8 subscriptions).

[Catstab]

Adding to this, the way Square Enix have it setup, you can have up to *8* service accounts (subscriptions) under the same main account. So it's not even as if someone with multiple accounts is doing something wrong as SE have set it up to actually make this easier for them (same login/authenticator for up to 8 subscriptions).

Interesting. So they could always consider selling these as 'half accounts' where you couldn't own houses, but you'd pay $10 a month instead of $15. The problem is SE would sell fewer of them because many people buy second accounts for housing, and they would make less money since they were selling at a lower price. Ultimately, SE has decided that secondary accounts are full price and full rights.

[worldofneil]

So they could always consider selling these as 'half accounts' where you couldn't own houses, but you'd pay $10 a month instead of $15.

Yes you're absolutely right. SE could subside 2nd/3rd/4th/etc accounts, but they don't. Each account pays the full price and acts no differently to if it was on a completely separate Square Enix account.

It's purely convenience for the player to have everything in one place. I know a few people who didn't put their second service accounts on the same master account and it causes them other issues, like they can't add a one-time password to their other account(s) (because without resorting to some trickery you can only install the app on a phone once and it only supports a single code).

But yes, SE treats them all as completely separate subscriptions, each with their own billing dates/additional retainers/etc.