User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based/@comment-174.61.173.85-20130823221430/@comment-7748697-20130824040624

a "small" fee on top of many others that take precident, like car insurance, the car payments themselves, electric, water, rent, etc. there is no "small" fee, and this is how you *have* to look at it (in the big picture, that is.). obviously you put the disclaimer in at the bottom but i wanted to point this out anyway in case other people read it and get all huffy and puffy.

anyway, this is a test to see how well TES translates into the MMO realm. the best way to go about it is probably not to turn fans off with a fee, and to let them get used to the new idea instead and add one if the success is high when it launches (and after a while, to weed out the people just trying it or purchases made based on hype alone). i personally would be put off by this as an unecessary expense, especially since we know what bethesda is capable of churning out when they put their hearts into it (see all other TES games).