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The problem is Crypto/NFT/Blockchain is built around FOMO cash grabs. Everyone now wants to build their own walled garden economic ecosystem. Which means the Live Services (XIV) they work on, become susceptible and strangled into this ecosystem. It's so FOMO that SE got FOMO that everyone else is making money. Nobody does crypto for the good of it.

Barely any of the items on the XIV Cash Shop are even Account-Wide and the game is designed to encourage boosts/skips, with repeat purchases like dyes, clothing, songs. What makes you think they won't ramp this up to a questionable degree.

In the right hands, this can be OK because it's a technology that allows trade and ownership. But we're talking about a corporation built around media that reuses resources to squeeze value out of all of their IPs. I wouldn't have a lot of faith in their ability to keep their hands to themselves, and it can easily cascade into some nasty FOMO services. Hell, look at what they did to their FF - Trading Card Game. It's just copy pastes of existing games, re-sold on cardboard. (I stopped buying them when I noticed they were just reusing old shit for everything)

You all praise that XIV is SE's cash cow, that means it's the most susceptible. Imagine if XIV's Marketplace started using Crysta, and every trade was processed with a % loss (as it currently does), that would effectively make the Marketplace and it's assets an NFT ecosystem. This means that every trade being made will generate value back to them for items that are effectively worthless.

XIV housing is also already built around FOMO - What makes us think they won't push NFT/Crysta to that?

Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV? With an expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award winning Heavensward expansion up to level 60 for free with no restrictions on playtime.

I think for me, it still boils down to:

Don't worry, i'm sure any NFTs will be optional. ;^)

And I realize the tone of that comment, but still. :P This game has been on a slippery slope ever since the cash shop was added. People didn't want one in their subscription game, but it came anyway. Started smallish, added more, added a TON more, started making mounts single-use, raised prices, offers outfits that can't work for everyone, it's a crapshoot all around. Outside of the shop, you then have limited release statues/books/cds, some which are tied to in-game codes (emotes/hats/etc).

A lot of people really love to defend the cash shop, but it seems like NFTs are just the natural progression of things, no? We all have our breaking points when it comes to this topic, but I am struggling to see why THIS is the panic point for many when things haven't been great for a long time.