User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based/@comment-24770123-20130903023055/@comment-76.19.103.171-20130903184646

Yeah, that's quite accurate. I honestly was expecting them to go with a GW2 model, since that's quite a solid and stable form to go with, and was sorely disappointed when they went with a subscription plan.

And then there's the broad selection of people who seem to confuse the "pay to win" with "free to play." Free to play is very general, and could simply mean anything that is not subscription, or it could mean things that require absolutely no monetary investment in order to gain access to. The former would include GW2, while the latter would disclude GW2.

I don't see why they don't go with the GW2 model: it should be more than enough to pay-off the 5-year development costs of ESO, and then some. Unless they're trying to be greedy, customer-abusing bast- oh wait, it's Bethesda. Nevermind.