User blog comment:Timeoin/TES Online - Payment Style/@comment-5558140-20130127232235

i highly doubt there wont be a subscription. servers running mmo's are expensive and they have to have a way to continuously earn revenue. even if its a one off purchase there will definetley be a monthly set up. if it was free to play then they would have a cash shop set up, pay to win style. the old repubrlic by bioware for example actually made their game free to play  but most essential features have to be purchased in a cash shop if you dont have a monthly subscription. for those of you who don't know the old republic was the most expensive game ever made ($155,000,000) and about 6 years to make, as of now they only have 1.6 million players which includes all of their subscribers and free-to players, so i'm not sure if TESO will be comprabable to that, but it gives you a general idea. anyone who thinks they won't be paying more and more is simply in denial or too young or stupid to understand simple economics. it looks good and if they set it up like world of warcraft then they well be just as successful if not more so.