User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based/@comment-174.18.76.234-20130917221043/@comment-16047389-20130919153236

That it plays like an Elder Scrolls game in an MMORPG just makes the game all the more enticing. If they made it like every other MMORPG, which are basically just World of Warcraft reskinned, then it would end up just like the rest. But they took a more unique route by maintaining the classic TES format in a MMO environment, and have a much better chance of being able to compete.