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The Elder Scrolls Online's fee is self-defeating

Polygon: "There is something arrogant about ZeniMax's decision to charge a whopping $15-a-month subscription fee for The Elder Scrolls Online. It is a statement that says, 'We are making something of value, and we expect to be well compensated.' There is none of the schmoozing and wheedling that comes with dominant MMO business models based on the attraction of 'free' access followed by pay gates and expansions.

But this ZeniMax plan comes, literally, with a price."

PeaSFor4658d ago

they totally lost me with the fees.

zeal0us4658d ago (Edited 4658d ago )

They lost a lot of people with the fee. Not only that but a cash shop too. It's just not looking good for them tbh.

Donnieboi4658d ago

So what will happen on console versions? Do they think people will pay $60 for the game PLUS pay additional subscription fee's? Are they out of their minds? That's too much money.

-wub-4658d ago

@Donnieboi That's how DCUO was on PS3 it's first year and then they went F2P.

RyuCloudStrife4658d ago

OK I was interested now I completely lost interest in this game.

MrMister4658d ago

@Donnieboi:

Have a "well said" bubble, mate.

No way i'm paying that much money, that is far more money than any other subscription based company asks for. More than Netflix at least. Bethesda isn't even offering millions of movies like Netflix is doing, and yet they want double the fee's? No.

joab7774658d ago

I agree with the cash shops but I don't really have a problem with the monthly fee. This is entirely dependent upon how vigorous they r with updates and added content but I don't mind paying so that they can continually make the game better! Their reasoning is simple. Its Elder Scrolls and they feel like they have to start off with a monthly fee. If it doesn't work, they will drop it like SWTOR. If its everything we want though and they invest in an experience that may last 5 yrs +...I am down. And they will need capitol to justify the expenditures needed to bring all of Tamriel to life!

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Sideras4658d ago

Well it better be really f-ing good. So far judging by the gameplay footage they've release it doesn't look too bright for them.

TheFutureIsBlue4658d ago

Game + Fees + Xbox live/Ps plus if you get it on consoles = no buy. Should have just made a new Fallout.

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SITH4658d ago

Not even through the oblivion gate yet and it is doomed.

CocoWolfie4658d ago

maybe if you got a months worth of hours every 15.. but people have been known to play 100's of hours in elder scrolls games, considering people wont be playing them 24/7 yeah this sucks :/

hkgamer4658d ago

100 hours in an elders scroll game is nothing compared to mmo.... players play atleast 40+ hours a week...

this article seems to be in a consoles perspective and not in a mmo/ pc gamers perspective... elders scroll series has always been a pc game in my eyes.... console gamers also dont really care about mmo. only mmo that they seem to be interested in recent years is gw2 which in my eyes seems to be a flop.

anyway, what i like to say is $15 a month is ok if that market is still around...

aliengmr4657d ago

GW2 a flop? How? Because there are a f***ton of gamers playing it? Or because they have been adding quite a bit of content without charging $15 a month?

GW2 is not a flop.

However, I don't think subscriptions are completely dead either. Adding MTs to it is not going to help sell that subscription.

hkgamer4657d ago

@aliengmr

Well in my eyes GW2 is a flop, GW2 has openeed up the market to alot of people who never considered playing mmo. it had lots of interesting features especially the way you can party with lower lvl people.

GW2 brought in a lot of things that helps improve the way mmo plays, but it always will be a flop in my eyes.

I know a wide range of people that play many mmo's. Think most of them was looking forward to playing GW2 and enjoyed the hell out of the game when they played it. However I think most of them stopped after 2-3 months of playing.

I know GW2 brought alot to the mmo world, but I personally believe that if the game can't keep these hardcore mmo players playing for more than 6 months than it has failed. I would also like to add that i know there are many people that still play this game since launch, but i personally don't know anyone that has played it for long.

XtraTrstrL4658d ago

What's funny about it all is, when people thought the game would be a F2P with no initial cost and just microtransactions to stay afloat - people were still just narrowly interested. Mild interest + subpar visuals + $60 + $15/mo + micro = fail!

walkincarpet4658d ago

or even $60 + micro would have worked....this will be humorous to watch but I don't think it will make it to retail on consoles with subscription...I think they will catch in time to avoid a historical launch failure.

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