A few new additions have made their way to Square Enix's lucrative MogStation cash store. And right on cue, just as gravity inevitably pulls an object down to earth, forum goers are quickly livid and outraged by the unreasonable prices. And perhaps I don't blame them. This would be daylight robbery to me if I had the uncontrollable urge to compulsively snap them up.
"I wanted the Chinese dress so badly...and now we finally have it and they had the sheer gall to put it up on the cash store for like 18 USD with some stat and EXP boosts for the first thirty levels AND the fact that it's only limited to one character rather than across my service account!" I do hear them cry.
So what do you guys think of the cash shop?
Is it just a minor nuisance that really shouldn't have a place in a subscription game but something that we can mercifully ignore if we don't want to purchase any of its pricey goods?
Or has it gone too far/in the process of going too far in your view? It is a lucrative side business, I would imagine! Are Square Enix at risk of encroaching towards pay-to-win items knowing how far they can probably push the envelope at this point? Like a round of Sophia EX, are we at the beginning of a slippery slope?
Wait, hang on. Has anyone here actually purchased anything from the cash store? Are you contributing to that extra money that is likely going to be reinvested into Final Fantasy XV instead of this game?
"I wanted the Chinese dress so badly...and now we finally have it and they had the sheer gall to put it up on the cash store for like 18 USD with some stat and EXP boosts for the first thirty levels AND the fact that it's only limited to one character rather than across my service account!" I do hear them cry.
So what do you guys think of the cash shop?
Is it just a minor nuisance that really shouldn't have a place in a subscription game but something that we can mercifully ignore if we don't want to purchase any of its pricey goods?
Or has it gone too far/in the process of going too far in your view? It is a lucrative side business, I would imagine! Are Square Enix at risk of encroaching towards pay-to-win items knowing how far they can probably push the envelope at this point? Like a round of Sophia EX, are we at the beginning of a slippery slope?
Wait, hang on. Has anyone here actually purchased anything from the cash store? Are you contributing to that extra money that is likely going to be reinvested into Final Fantasy XV instead of this game?
I sort of kid. No one really knows where the cash shop money goes to. Besides Yoshi-P's salary.