User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based/@comment-5206984-20130828150429/@comment-3124449-20130901055926

@DRAGONBORN7 F2P means Free to Play. These games can be played free, but most often require some sort of payments (often called microtransactions) to access some premium content. B2P means Buy to Play. These games only require a single-time purchase (the industry's current standard is $60 US), and can be played infinitely thereafter. Some B2P games will have downloadable content (DLC) available for purchase which adds more content to the game, but is not required. P2P means Pay to Play. These games require a regular payment (called a subscription) in addition to the price of purchasing the game to be played. The subscription is usually in a format where the consumer pays a specified amount of money to play as much as they want for a specified amount of time (in TESO's case, $15 per month). Did this help?