User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based/@comment-4976111-20130831131931

What bothers me is that I'm the casual player: I buy Skyrim and Oblivion, I buy the DLC's, and then I spend the rest of my sweet time savoring what I have. I go back and play it again, do new things, etc.

This subscription will make people like me pay to be casual gamers. If I had to pay $15 American for every month I played Skyrim as well as the $5 XboxLive fee, I'd be in shambles. So no, I'm not just "complaining": I'm just comparing what I'll have to do to actually play the game.