Can Elder Scrolls Online Succeed as a Subscription MMO?

The eager anticipation that was building for Elder Scrolls Online has recently taken a hit, when it was announced at gamescom, that the mmorpg would be charging a fifteen dollar a month subscription fee for its players. MMO-Play asks the question will this decision put the game's success in jeopardy.

[Goro]

Maybe at €3-5 a month but at €15 a month (€180 a year)...NO!

[porkChop]

Maybe, if they remove the fucking microtransactions. I don't see many people paying a sub on top of having microtransactions for stuff.

[Bimkoblerutso]

Yeah, that's what really sealed it for me. In the interview he said it would only be "fun stuff" that will come in the form of microtransactions.

No thank you. That "fun stuff" should be unlockable through gameplay if I'm paying fifteen bucks a month already.

[k3x]

My thoughts exactly. They're greedy and it's going to bite them in the ass.

Judging from what most of the recent big budget MMOs have been like, it's very likely anyway that the game isn't going to be that much different from what the competition has to offer gameplay-wise and will follow in their footsteps with server consolidations and transition to F2P soon after launch.

[Kuse]

Nope.

[Grave]

I agree. It's an answer: nope.

[Regis]

I thought we covered this in an earlier article?

[andrewer]

As a subscription MMO? Yes. As an act of the Thieves Guild? Nope.

[silvacrest]

i thought the era for subscription MMOs was over

[k3x]

More like, the era of innovative MMOs is over. You can't really justify charging a $15 monthly fee for yet another themepark game with timeless/"stylized" graphics (which in reality means: graphics that are shit from the very beginning, not just 2-3 years after launch) that tries very hard to be WOW but fails miserably.

We'll have to wait and see what the next EverQuest brings. It's going to be the first big budget sandbox MMO. Hopefully SOE can handle it a little better than their previous games.

[Vaud-Villian]

Nope, it will shift business models

[Dagobert]

Well it's not a Korean mmo to fail right after it's launch for them to go free to play and or pay to win. But either way, the beta sucked.

[deadfrag]

NO! Greed cant win!

[HexxedAvenger]

answer wont change. lol still no

[BX81]

I can't see my self paying for live/pan and then a monthly game fee.

[BX81]

Ment psn

[LordDhampire]

no

[cunnilumpkin]

on console, no, but this game was never even intended for consoles

http://www.unigamesity.com/...

it was put on them as an afterthought

it will do great on pc

and it won't look and run like crap like the ps4 and xbox1 versions will

[Roccetarius]

Simple answer? No, it'll be free in less than a year.