Quote Originally Posted by Payadopa View Post
The gaming industry is way larger now and makes twice as much as Hollywood and ten times as much as the music industry. Games on demand means less storages and less shipping. Devs also don't create their own engines as much anymore and just stick to Unreal or whatever. Funny how those aspects always get swept under the rug. Oh and did the recent AAA price increase lead to no Mtx (that can bunkrupt you)? Would a potential sub increase lead to the cash shop bekommen mg abolished? lol Yeah, good one. Honestly, we need a new gaming crash like we had in the 80s.

Yes, all of what you said has everything to do with square and the fact that XIV is running on an in-house engine, not a licensed 3rd party one.