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According to an interview at GamesTM.co.uk, Star Wars: The Old Republic's Lead Designer Emmanuel Lusinchi lets it be known that the BioWare team has considered a free to play model to keep the game competitive with the tide of other F2P games on the market today.
The small article is a teaser for a larger in-print interview scheduled to arrive in July. EDIT: The article has since been pulled from the GamesTM site, without comment.  Associate Editor: MMORPG.com  |
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6/15/12 8:04:22 AM#2
Oh boy...here we go! Release the floodgates.
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6/15/12 8:05:52 AM#3
ah come on everyone knewn it would happen :) FOR HONOR, FOR FREEDOM.... and for some money. |
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Alot
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Joined: 1/04/11
Minister of Propaganda for GW2 Fascist-Capitalist Party |
6/15/12 8:06:41 AM#4
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6/15/12 8:12:39 AM#5
I already have a paid sub and don't logon. How will this will change this for me?
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6/15/12 8:16:38 AM#6
Originally posted by Alot More like release the trolls...
SWTOR is a very good game and all Bioware have stated is that they are looking into F2P options. An endless trial is a F2P option for example. However, what would be really cool would be 1-49 F2P and 50 as small sub, with DLC expansions at a small purchase cost. SWTOR is looking good here, heck, it's Star Wars folks! |
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6/15/12 8:17:54 AM#7
Sure if it's truly F2P all the way to max lvl.
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6/15/12 8:20:07 AM#8
Originally posted by Illyssia
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The1ceQueen
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Joined: 1/02/08
"Always borrow money from a pessimist. They won't expect it back." |
6/15/12 8:22:13 AM#9
If the game had been a success they would still be sticking with monthly subs and a cosmetic shop for armor/pets/vehicles. The game did a fat man, red belly flop, so they're looking at the cosmetic shop now. Everyone saw it coming except the die hard BW/Star Wars Fans.EA doesn't do free to play...look at Ultima Online, it's still a subscripted game. EA is out for the most money it can make from it and whatever is the most profitable that's what they will go with. It's just a business.
What happens when you log off your characters????..... |
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6/15/12 8:28:44 AM#10
Originally posted by Illyssia SWTOR is looking good here, heck, it's Star Wars folks! People are still clinging to this? The same game with any other name and it would have been dead a few months ago. |
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6/15/12 8:33:32 AM#11
Indeed EA will make a business decision and not think twice about it. I wonder if the mega servers that have been talked about were really the start of a full f2p conversion as the first thing you do when you go f2p is cut the number of servers down to a bare minimum to maximise your profits. |
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6/15/12 8:36:36 AM#12
@ Alot
Lol, nice one... Also this isn't a confirmation of them going F2P, just a thought.. But why go F2P when you got about 1mill paying subs? Yes I get that the active amount playing is low on most servers, but I think it would be wise to merge server first and see how that holds over.. Oh well.. |
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6/15/12 8:40:23 AM#13
Originally posted by Illyssia Haha - I would suggest the reverse. Make it a small sub from 49-50 then FTP. The game is almost gameworthy from 1-49. 50 is where it is only for the people who really don't have anything better to do. Sad, lonely, smelly people.
Someone please make a good MMO. |
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6/15/12 8:41:34 AM#14
Originally posted by Xstatic912 Because you don't. You don't have 1 million paying subs. That's why. Someone please make a good MMO. |
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Alot
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Joined: 1/04/11
Minister of Propaganda for GW2 Fascist-Capitalist Party |
6/15/12 8:42:14 AM#15
Good sir, you... you are capable of smelling people on the internet!? |
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6/15/12 8:49:14 AM#16
Hahahaha.....this announcement will probably kill any chance it had to compete with other sub base mmo. Very bad PR move imo |
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6/15/12 9:01:33 AM#17
Going F2P is not going to fix what ails this shallow, severely linear theme park MMO. What is more pathetic is knowing that after the axing of a large portion of the development team that many of the remaining devs are working on the upcoming expansion for later this year ( I am convinced it will not be free) AND the cash shop instead of adding much needed content (combatant and non-combatant) and fixes now for the remaining, presently paying, subscribed players. There is no reason not to go F2P if there is going to be a cash shop - - might as well tap as many wallets as possibile.
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6/15/12 9:02:22 AM#18
Its a good idea. Could be the best f2p till gw2. Actually if they went that way from day one it could have provided bioware a whole lot more revenue in my opinion. |
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6/15/12 9:15:03 AM#19
Probably be the worst thing they could do to the game. |
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6/15/12 9:17:31 AM#20
I like free hard drive space more than SWTOR. |
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