User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based/@comment-15410713-20130904034052/@comment-13269841-20130904065514

Well... i'm not an engeneer or a Financial Broker, but, did you know that only with the release of the game, they could pay all of this 5 years of development. Thats right, i'm not making this up, its a fact, research about if you want. Look how skyrim pay itself and left a lot of money for its developers. So, why the hell the cost of the project becomes so expensive after launch, that the money they needed pay for five years work then just goes for four months. How can't people seeing that it is an extortion. Besides, do you know how much cost to mantain this megaserver? is it that expensive that need $15/mo of (at least) 500k people ($7.500.000/mo in this case)? Please, just think a little.