Quote Originally Posted by Solowing View Post
Supply was always a problem, and to be honest i think they expected supply to outstrip demand. I think they are fine with houses being limited and made apts to pick up the slack (Which is instanced housing). The eastern audience of the game doesn't have as much of a problem with the apts as much as western players simply reject apts and demand a house or something equivalent in size.

My suggestion is increasing it to small basement size, upping the item limit, and a purchasable plot of dirt on the roof. But lets be real, unless they get a small that isn't demolish-able, nothing will sate them lol
I can agree they expect it to happen (it's unavoidable considering the player population). I don't entirely agree that they're fine with it happening.

YoshiP's philosophy is to make the game's content feel inclusive to all players (with the usual MMO skill based exceptions like Savage and Ultimate). The current housing system doesn't achieve that thanks to some of the features being restricted to house ownership. I can't see him being fine with players being upset they can't get a house considering he's the one who has pushed for the wards so players could feel like they're part of neighborhoods.

The beancounters, on the other hand, likely are fine with it. That's the nature of finance. Spend as little as possible to keep revenue coming in, start cutting costs when revenue drops instead of spending money to fix the issues causing the drop.

Sadly, the beancounters control the money strings. Unless someone can convince them that investing in their international player base will help their revenue stream, we're unlikely to see anything done.