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Why is FFXIV: ARR's subscription cheaper than competitors?

Syno23Syno23 Member UncommonPosts: 1,360
in Final Fantasy XIV
FFXI had the same issue. 12.95 I mean why not just bring it all the way up to 15 bux. That's the standard for MMOs these days.

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  • VeldekarVeldekar Member Posts: 220
    A better question would be why would anyone pay more than they have to?
  • Syno23Syno23 Member UncommonPosts: 1,360
    I'd pay 15 a month, to support the developers. If that extra money counted, I'd do 20 a month.
  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332

    I believe has to do with exchange rate,by time i exchanged my CDN into American ,it cost me the usual 15 bucks.We did have a short period of time where our dollars were on par but still there is a cost for conversion.Add in tax and conversion i was paying at least 15 so maybe they were factoring all of that in.

    Americanized businesses tend to go more with the 14.99 sales pitch or 99.99 lol.

    Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.

  • TheRealDarkeusTheRealDarkeus Member UncommonPosts: 314
    It is called being competitive?  Lower sub cost means people may want that small discount. 
  • Juice2000Juice2000 Member UncommonPosts: 95
    It is 12.95 if you want multiple character slots. Otherwise you get 1 character slot for the cheaper price :)
  • blastermasterblastermaster Member UncommonPosts: 259
    It's not really cheaper. Most 15$/month mmos let you create more than one character per server. To have the same kind of sub with FFXIV you will pay the same price, since the 13$ sub. only give you 1 char slot per server (granted in this game you don't really need more, but still..).
  • Syno23Syno23 Member UncommonPosts: 1,360
    I usually created mutliple characters for classes but you can do it all in one character, but yeah I guess you're right it makes sense.
  • PsYcHoGBRPsYcHoGBR Member UncommonPosts: 482
    Originally posted by blaster101
    It's not really cheaper. Most 15$/month mmos let you create more than one character per server. To have the same kind of sub with FFXIV you will pay the same price, since the 13$ sub. only give you 1 char slot per server (granted in this game you don't really need more, but still..).

    I have 3 characters on the same server.

  • VeldekarVeldekar Member Posts: 220
    Originally posted by Syno23
    I'd pay 15 a month, to support the developers. If that extra money counted, I'd do 20 a month.

    Don't get me wrong, I'd pay 20 bucks a month too for a quality mmo, but if they are selling it for 12 and that's all they need to turn a profit, then more power to 'em :)

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