TESO to be free to play, funded through microtransactions!
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TESO to be free to play, funded through microtransactions!
In an exclusive interview that will be posted in its entirety in the coming days, Zenimax Media's Executive of Online Experiences went on record to say that TESO will be completely free to play. The downside? Everything in game will cost real money. That's right, TESO will be microtransaction funded. While details of the microtransaction structure have not yet been made public, the average player can apparently expect to spend around $10 a month "for the full TESO experience".
"We really feel like opening up the game to anyone and charging for actions will give us the greatest potential for profitability."
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"We really feel like opening up the game to anyone and charging for actions will give us the greatest potential for profitability."
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Re: TESO to be free to play, funded through microtransaction
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Re: TESO to be free to play, funded through microtransaction
Hopefully this means you won't have to pay real money for acquiring and repairing weapons, armour and stuff...
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Re: TESO to be free to play, funded through microtransaction
Ugh, I don't want to be putting hours of playtime into this game only to have people out-do me in a matter of minutes simply by spending their cash. I'd prefer to pay the same as everyone else to play it, and not have a system which rewards players who splash more cash.
EDIT: Now it's changed to Akavir and everyone looks even stupider.
EDIT: Now it's changed to Akavir and everyone looks even stupider.
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Re: TESO to be free to play, funded through microtransaction
Oh please, please, please let them do this the right way. I don't want them to handle this like Nexon handles Maplestory.
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Re: TESO to be free to play, funded through microtransaction
This is a far too obvious April Fools prank.
You should all be ashamed of yourselves.
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Re: TESO to be free to play, funded through microtransaction
This does scream April fools for me.. mhhhmmm...
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Re: TESO to be free to play, funded through microtransaction
Bah. I can't tell through the internet.
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Pay to win?
Damn!
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Re: Akavir to be free to play, funded through microtransacti
Fixed.Linkuya wrote:Pay to win?
Yes!
Honestly I love micro transactions. Now I can win the game with out playing at all! Yay.
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