Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-5247041-20130821093041/@comment-9887604-20130828091322

I have avoided this conversation, largely because I am in the minority, I predict that within 6 months ESO will be F2P in one way or another. This decision was made purely from a business standpoint, the board most likely wants a guranteed return on their investment. This game has been in development for several years. I personally had no opinion on which way they decided to go, one way or another it will be F2P and I will be there playing it regardless.

Not comparing this directly to SWTOR, however being there for launch that game got the same outcry of "OMG P2P I will not buy" however over a million people were there paying 60 bucks or more for just one month on launch day, and only ever dropping to I think 500k subscribers. I am not sure about the exact numbers but I am fairly certain this is a fair ball park figure. From a business stand point this brought them back to a break even point.

I was there for SWTOR from launch till it became boring and not longer worth my money, I did not go back when it became F2P because it still lacks what I am looking for. If it had been F2P from the get go I still would not have been there.

I think ESO will take a path of its own, I personally hope it will evolve into a cosmetic cash shop with F2P and charging for big expansions, not the cash gates of SWTOR.

If it stays P2P I hope it will drop to 5-9.99 a month that just seems more fair, especially for those already paying for the use of console services.

That itself is a different issue, I know it seems unfair to charge console gamers. If you are paying for two services on the console that may suck yes, however it is fair I think. Why should console gamers have to pay less to the people running the servers just because they are already paying to Sony/Microsoft, that money does not go to Zenimax. It is just a huge disadvantage to playing on console, such is life.

I know I may sound a bit harsh, but this whole conversation has been fairly one sided and I think the majority of gamers out there fall in the middle of this debate.

That is my 2 cents anyway.