User blog comment:Ikabite/The Elder Scrolls Online: P2P or F2P?/@comment-11024117-20130618213451

GW2 and Defiance seem to be doing very well with the buy once & F2P + microtransactions. Why not ESO? Monthly payments are a huge turn off for me, IMHO. I like the feeling in knowing I didn't waste money this month because I didn't have a chance to play. Say what you want, but you'll end up paying $60 @ 10/month in as little as six months (or $90 in six months if you play WoW... wtf?). No thanks. Someone could have bought another game with that! I'd rather have a choice of in-game items to spend my money on then just to literally play a game I already purchased.