The previews I've read have essentially said it's a stripped back Skyrim (sitting, books etc removed) with all of Tamriel to explore
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Originally posted by Superman Falls View Posthttp://www.computerandvideogames.com...-subscription/
To play ESO on XBO you will need XBL Gold and the games sub, on PS4 you will need the games sub but don't require a PSN+ sub
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UPDATE #2 7.20PM GMT: Console gameplay footage was shown during an Elder Scrolls Online livestream this afternoon. I've…
Live feed twitch on it now, ESO is coming to consoles on 9th June. It is also dropping its subscription across all versions. Those keeping their subs will get access to exclusive items etc but for most the standard game will hit on March 17th on PC.
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Originally posted by wakka View PostNo one is going to pay ?9 per month for an MMO in 2014. That model is dead.
This will be free to play within about 6 months.
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Originally posted by djtickle View PostI do. This model has worked fine for Final Fantasy 11 and 14. WoW has done pretty well out of it too. Now this is free to play I'll never play it. Quality content cannot come from this.
While there are a niche of users who will be willing to pay a sub (like yourself), I genuinely don't think this is viable for the mass market in the way that it was 5 - 10 years ago. I mean look at how many MMOs, hoping to emulate the success of WoW, that we've seen crash and burn over the last few years.
Because it's only a niche of players that will pay ?10 a month, market saturation is reached very quickly. The market can only really support about 2 games like this at most. If you were developing an MMO today and you didn't build it around an FTP model, you wouldn't have done your due diligence properly.
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FTP has the exact same problem built in. Only a tiny percentage actually pay money worth a damn but across massive user numbers that can amount to huge sums of cash... for a very tiny pool of games. It has the exact same problem as the subscription model in that the people who are willing to pay aren't likely to pay across many games. But as Marty pointed out, this simply isn't free to play.
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