User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based/@comment-4542210-20130922151011/@comment-5469467-20130923013511

It's always a possibility with MMOs. I've read articles about the final hours in games like Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes and Tabula Rasa, and it always seems saddening to think that those games were popular back in the day, but eventually had to be closed down. At least with singleplayer games you can generally play them long after their initial release. Let's just hope Elder Scrolls Online at least hangs around for a while, but it probably won't last forever.