User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based/@comment-7153552-20130821201539

With the industry standard being microtransactions (and it earning more money per month than a sub-based method) I can't believe they're selling out and going so short-sighted. This isn't what ESO should have been. I imagine with new content coming out every four to six weeks it'll be minute patches the like of Guild Wars, so not worth the sub. Alas, poor ESO, we barely knew ye.