Mo' Money' Mo' Problems - Zenimax Investor Info & The B2P Model

XEVENEX

In 2007 Zenimax borrowed $300 million from Providence Equity Partners. In 2010, Zenimax needed $150 million more.

In fact Zenimax has borrowed over half a billion since 2007, from people like Cal Ripken. Hell, Donald Trump's brother sits on the board of directors. These are the people who call the shots.

If we assume there are currently 600k subscrubers, thats $9 million in revenue per month. It would take over 4.5 years to generate half a billion dollars at that rate.

Skyrim sold 20 million copies with the B2P model. At 50 bucks a pop that's:



These are the real reasons the game is going B2P. Zenimax knew it was going B2P before beta even started.

nerevarine1138

Skyrim is a single-player game. Comparing the payment model to ESO is beyond ridiculous.

Sallington

4.5 years = halfway through the lifecycle of a decent MMO.

egosumacunnus

With investors calling the shots to gain their money back you can expect the gameplay experience to be almost completely supplanted by ways to generate cash.

This will not create a better experience for us.

ZOS_UlyssesW

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