User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based/@comment-69.73.76.48-20130901020839/@comment-5558140-20130901061328

zenimax owns bethesda, so as different as the names are, when they say bethesda doesn't have a hand in TESO's development just take that statement with a grain of salt because they are probably working closer together than they will let on.