Experts expect the upcoming MMO to require subscriptions even following SWTOR and The Secret World's troubles. Marcus Mac Dhonnagáin reports.
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I hope Bethesda do the smart thing and turn it into B2P instead of leaving at P2P.
I want to say they should go free-to-play and use micro-transactions, but what could they sell? I suppose cosmetic items for player homes and clothes? The author makes good points about maintaining an audience and I can't imagine Elder Scrolls doing that if they don't do something completely different from what's already out there.
would rather have the Fallout MMO.
Failure? Certainly not. Although if it's being dev'd by Bethesda itll probably be broken as hell