$60 to buy and $15 a month to play. have my doubts about it being a success. the subscription model seems to be going the way of the Dodo bird ...thankfully.
wonder how long before it goes free to play?
I'm guessing 6 months. And people still seem to think that going from a subscription model to free-to-play with in-game RMT is somehow confirmation of failure.
TERA, for example, got very decent numbers at launch, then when they dropped off the switched to a FTP model with an in-game shop, they ended up making MORE money.
The number of people spending huge amounts of cash on fluff items was always going to be enough to offset the people who never buy anything.
As long as the numbers are there, that MMO will be fine.
TESO has a massive franchise behind it, all kinds of promotion and marketing, they'll have the numbers to begin with, and they're very likely to make a few hundred million in 3-6 months with a subscription model.
And unless they screw it up majorly, they'll continue making money off fluff items etc. if it goes free-to-play.
Personally, I'd rather pay 15$ a month and play even with everyone, than have items like XP potions, etc. slowly creep in on the in-game shop.
Now, more importantly, money aside, I hope the game is actually good at launch, both server stability and the gameplay itself.
