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[Xerkrosis]

[...]If it didn't exist, then the items wouldn't either.

That is a statement you can only know if you could observe two realities: One in which the shop exists and one without.

But let's go with this way too: If the shop didn't exist, more of exclusive shop-items would be available in the game. (via gil, mgp, achievement/effort etc.)
Also not something one can definitely be sure about... well, unless the one whoever decides to withhold something from the game to make it shop-exclusive ofc.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

That is a statement you can only know if you could observe two realities: One in which the shop exists and one without.

But let's go with this way too: If the shop didn't exist, more of exclusive shop-items would be available in the game. (via gil, mgp, achievement/effort etc.)
Also not something one can definitely be sure about... well, unless the one whoever decides to withhold something from the game to make it shop-exclusive ofc.

Except as stated in some live letters, there's a separate team working on Mogstation items.

No Mogstation, no Mogstation team, no extra items appearing in exchange for ingame currency.

[Shibi]

That is a statement you can only know if you could observe two realities: One in which the shop exists and one without.

Hmm, Schrödinger's Mogstation. I guess it's better than stuffing a Miqo'te in a box!

(I fall on the side of, there would not be as many, money pays wages)

[MariaArvana]

That is a statement you can only know if you could observe two realities: One in which the shop exists and one without.

But let's go with this way too: If the shop didn't exist, more of exclusive shop-items would be available in the game. (via gil, mgp, achievement/effort etc.)
Also not something one can definitely be sure about... well, unless the one whoever decides to withhold something from the game to make it shop-exclusive ofc.

Unless you know the reality of how game development works, then you have a more perceptional idea of how that other reality would have played out.

In game development, a huge swath of ideas, mechanics, etc are binned and thrown away due to limited time/not being able to fit with the game world. Even without a mogstation, there is little guarantee any of the stuff from it would have ever made it in-game at all. From the short times I worked in game development, the project I worked on binned at least 3x as many powerups and nearly 4x as many ideas for levels than there were in-game by the end product.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if half of the mogstation stuff is all those binned ideas that Yoshi-P and his team couldn't make work/fit into the game for one reason or another for the mogstation team to sift through.