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When do you think ESO will go F2P?
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Sausage✭✭✭✭✭
✭Hard to say, we are down to one vet campaig on PS4 EU. I fear the worst I wonder how the population looks like after 6 month. Also how about if they go F2P before Expansion as double-dip is great strategy. After Expansion back to full price game.Edited by Sausage on September 22, 2015 10:24AM0 -
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✭tordr86b16_ESO wrote: »Depending on how well the upcoming DLC's are received by current, new or returning players, when do you think ESO will go F2P? Just by reading the threads and viewing the forums you can see that people do not like IC for numerous reasons (bugs, lag, grind, zerg mentality etc).
you thing gold spammers and bots are bad now wait till it goes f2p...hope it never happens but who knows.IGN: Ki'rah
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✭✭✭As far as PC goes it is always possible to get the game for free, albeit piracy is involved somehow if it is intended to be bought. As for consoles, pretty sure there's no such thing as a game you don't buy to play. There may be some exceptions via promotional gimmicks or desperation but the fact that there is no subscription beyond the one to play online period which comes from Sony/Microsoft instead of Zenimax means TESO is as free as it's gonna get at this point and has been since console launch. Can't speak present tense for PC since I play on console.Edited by UltimaJoe777 on September 22, 2015 11:12AMGuildmaster of Power With Numbers in PS4 NA Server's Aldmeri Dominion.
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Genomic✭✭✭✭✭I remember on this very forum when people were saying with absolute conviction that ESO would never go B2P. So, yeah...
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Mighty_oakk✭✭✭✭✭2017Mighty_oakk wrote: »
Neither of them went b2p in under a year either lul
They were not released on PlayStation or Xbox either. And the competition was less.
On the consoles we already pay a fee for playing online. I can imagine that an enormous amount of people isn't prepared to pay extra each month for playing a single game.
As a matter of fact the subscription market in general is shrinking. All the MMO games together had worldwide 30.6 million subscribers in 2010 and 23.4 million in 2014.
It seems that ZSO tackled that trend.
Actually it was announced eso on ps4 wasn't going to require ps+ prior to b2p change. Nice try though.
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PinoZino✭✭✭✭Mighty_oakk wrote: »Mighty_oakk wrote: »
Neither of them went b2p in under a year either lul
They were not released on PlayStation or Xbox either. And the competition was less.
On the consoles we already pay a fee for playing online. I can imagine that an enormous amount of people isn't prepared to pay extra each month for playing a single game.
As a matter of fact the subscription market in general is shrinking. All the MMO games together had worldwide 30.6 million subscribers in 2010 and 23.4 million in 2014.
It seems that ZSO tackled that trend.
Actually it was announced eso on ps4 wasn't going to require ps+ prior to b2p change. Nice try though.
Not sure about xb1
Yes, and then you had to pay Zenimax Media a monthly fee. Later Sony changed their policy and all PS4 online games need PS+ except ftp.
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Funkopotamus✭✭✭✭✭2017../walks into thread.... Looks around at some of the names saying no..... Remembers the ES purest that said BTB would never..ever..never..EVER happen.....
/Giggles and walks out.
./walks back into thread.
"You guys read that Neverwinter hit over 2 million players on Xbone alone already? I wish ESO had THAT kind of success, but right now....... The game is crawling. Numbers are DOWN a lot!"Edited by Funkopotamus on September 22, 2015 8:39PMAnything useful that players are wanting added into the game all fall under the category of "Yer ruinin my 'mersion!" Sallington2 -
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✭✭Eh, gw2 hasn't gone completely f2p and it's been out longer and is an overall terrible mmo. So I'll vote never since your biased poll assumes it has to at some point.0 -
zornyan✭✭✭✭✭I doubt it will ever be, it's still pretty successful in my eyes, there are huge huge costs in server maintenance and upgrades.
One of my close friends does data cabling/electrician and does big jobs for Colchester university (top university in the UK for technology) and maintains a large server room for the uni. Doing jobs recently such as installing fibre optic cabling, and ethernet/tvs throught the uni.
He gets a flat rate of £3000 A DAY to do any wiring there, for a 14 hour day.
I *** you not
Yes that's a very well paid position, but it's just an example of what it can cost for some of the work that goes on throughout the life of maintaining servers.
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✭✭2017So many people assume that F2P means the company isn't collecting any money at all. That is so misguided.
Once they are making enough money in the cash shop that box sales are a tiny fraction of their income, it could happen. Get people who are reluctant to pay the box price hooked for free then steer them to the cash shop. Result: more profit!
I didn't think they'd drop the mandatory subscription model, nor did I want it, but they did.
B2P is just testing the waters. I don't want F2P either but I've been around long enough not to say " it'll never happen".Happy All the Holidays To You and Yours!
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Zenimax said that they would rather shut the game down than go F2P, and I don't think enimax would lie about that.1 -
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✭✭First of all what's the purpose of this thread? Second, where is the never option?:trollin:0 -
eventide03b14a_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Hard to say, we are down to one vet campaig on PS4 EU. I fear the worst I wonder how the population looks like after 6 month. Also how about if they go F2P before Expansion as double-dip is great strategy. After Expansion back to full price game.
That's because you're playing on a console....on a European server....SMH:trollin:0 -
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✭✭elias.stormneb18_ESO wrote: »Zenimax said that they would rather shut the game down than go F2P, and I don't think enimax would lie about that.
[snip] They also said it would never be B2P.
[edited for profanity bypass]Edited by ZOS_Icy on November 24, 2024 3:53PM:trollin:2 -
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✭✭✭✭✭elias.stormneb18_ESO wrote: »Zenimax said that they would rather shut the game down than go F2P, and I don't think enimax would lie about that.
Source?What ESO really needs is an Auction Horse.
That's right... Horse.
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Moonshadow66✭✭✭✭✭
✭F2P?
Never.
Ever.
No way.
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✭I thought there was no such thing as F2P. You end up paying for something always.
At least it's not P2W.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭2018elias.stormneb18_ESO wrote: »Zenimax said that they would rather shut the game down than go F2P, and I don't think enimax would lie about that.
They never actually said this, but I wish they would.
Edit: At least in no place that can be documented.
Edited by Elsonso on September 22, 2015 8:30PMXBox EU/NA:@ElsonsoJannus
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Paradox✭✭✭✭So, why are 2015 and 2016 an option? At the current rate, this game won't be alive in 2017.Ebonheart Pact
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Tank And Spank - DragonKnightI've quit the game until ZoS stops acting like the community are children, and start actually listening to us.0 -
Pangnirtung✭✭✭✭✭A couple more bug inducing DLCs might be the final blow to the game?
The game should becoming less bug infested instead it seems like there are more.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Never.
I've not seen a console game go from cost to free with an always online requirement in this generation unless it was given by Xbox gold deal or ps plus deal-PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
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Funkopotamus✭✭✭✭✭2017NewBlacksmurf wrote: »Never.
I've not seen a console game go from cost to free with an always online requirement in this generation unless it was given by Xbox gold deal or ps plus deal
Yeah I would keep riding a failing system to the ground in flames!!
It is not like another console MMO just released before ESO and still has a population that would make even the hermit ESO player cry.
PPPpppssssstt... "Guess what?................. That game was FREE.99"Anything useful that players are wanting added into the game all fall under the category of "Yer ruinin my 'mersion!" Sallington0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Funkopotamus wrote: »NewBlacksmurf wrote: »Never.
I've not seen a console game go from cost to free with an always online requirement in this generation unless it was given by Xbox gold deal or ps plus deal
Yeah I would keep riding a failing system to the ground in flames!!
It is not like another console MMO just released before ESO and still has a population that would make even the hermit ESO player cry.
PPPpppssssstt... "Guess what?................. That game was FREE.99"
If you're referring to the Xbox One game Neverwinter....they are touting accounts so in comparison it's less popular as TESO sold approx 1.5 mil copies on both consoles vs Neverwinters 2 mil accounts where one console could have 2 or more.
I have 4 cause why pay for bag space n stuff when it's free
Just putting it into perspective. TESO sales by copies vs Neverwinters accounts opened.
It's not 2 mil+ active accounts (logging in at least once a week)-PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
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