Quote Originally Posted by Risae View Post
We NEED cashshop items or else Square Enix will lose even more money.
Someone needs to point this out, looks like I'll be that asshole today...if they didn't rush to compete with Cataclysm, they wouldn't have lost money in the first place. Remember the state this game was in a little over year ago? People didn't play it for a week then leave in droves because there was no cash shop, or they didn't wanna pay a subscription fee. SE didn't replace everyone on the Dev team because the game was lacking in the vanity items for dollars department. The guy that cashed out that large chunk of SE stock the day of release didn't do so because he had no faith in the p2p monthly subscription framework.

SE got burned becase they rushed to release and the game turned out to be an unplayable monstrosity. Throwing up a cash shop, especially right now, would not only be like putting a bandaid on a gunshot wound it would also be an insult. Judging by Yoshida's comment about taking his sweet time to make sure ARR is fully ready for release, they've learned their lesson. It's a crying shame it took a multimillion dollar loss, and dragging the name of their flagship franchise through the mud for them to learn that lesson. However, you'll find me unsympathetic because that's a novice error for a new game developer, not one that's been in the business for 20+ years. But they're on the right track now, their hard work looks like it's paying off, so let's not throw them off track just yet.