It is, sadly, not surprising at all but still heartbreaking ( I loved playing this game and like many others, i already have to talk in past tense. Speculation is running rampant that a change from the P2P business model will ruin the game. Baumlaus writes: Incredibly disappointed in what you have done and what you are doing. As a player with the name DireKit puts it:Īs you can see from the response coming from the Community, this is not a welcome change. On the official forums, posters are overwhelmingly unhappy with the announcement - some even despondent. So by moving towards a different business model, does this mean that ZOS is now willing to make sacrifices and changes to the game at the expense of the fans? The ESO Community apparently thinks so. RELATED: Are MMORPGs Dying? And What Does This Mean for The Elder Scrolls Online? ESO Fans Are Not Happy Going with any other model meant that we would have to make sacrifices and changes we weren’t willing to make. Matt Firor, Game Director, had stoically defended the P2P model in the past, explaining:Ĭharging a flat monthly (or subscription) fee means that we will offer players the game we set out to make, and the one that fans want to play. In a surprise announcement yesterday, ZeniMax Online Studios (ZOS) revealed that The Elder Scrolls Online is changing its business model from “pay to play.” This announcement comes as quite a shock to the ESO community who has supported the game since its inception, and has for the most part been in favor of the P2P format. The Elder Scrolls Online will be free to play and fans are not happy.
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