Also, I gotta say...
"Square enix is a company, and companies are designed to make money" = "They're going to lie to you about how they make their money and where they spend it" and "They're going to lie to you in general"
is one of the most reductive arguments I've seen this side of the forum. I realize that a lot of people have been abused, lied to, and exploited by gaming companies, but things are different from company to company. It's extremely two-dimensional thinking to think all companies = shady, bad, only in it for the money.
Yoshi P himself is a hardcore MMO gamer, he's been playing many of the same games I've played since ultima online and everquest. They made a promise of "gameplay first, money second" and have delivered on that promise.
Trust is earned. And the FFXIV dev team have earned it.
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