User blog comment:Ikabite/The Elder Scrolls Online: P2P or F2P?/@comment-68.45.85.240-20130124003356

Buy to play = The Devs won't update the game often after a few months because they no longer make a large profit which means they will be working without pay.

Subscription based = This has not only caused the downfall of a ton of MMOs (Tera/TSW/Aion/APB/etc) but is also annoying. My time is limited and there are a ton of games I want to play and games that I still need to finish. If I have to pay a subscription, then I would just be wasting my money if I didn't play the game often.

F2P = I can play the game whenever I want without being pressured into having to utilize my subscription time. It also means frequent content updates as the devs will constantly and consistently be making money. People often confuse F2P games with P2W games, and those are two completely different things. F2P has saved a ton of games and a lot of amazing games coming out in 2013 will be F2P. (Phantasy Star Online/Warface/Firefall/etc.)