SW:TOR Going F2P Soon?

[MiRai]

Never heard of Games™ but...

http://www.gamestm.co.uk/discuss/star-wars-the-old-republic-we-are-looking-at-free-to-play-says-lead-designer/

Joystiq is showing something along these lines but only up to level 15.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/04/st...o-play-update/




Updated:

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07...-free-to-play/

[Treason]

The free to level 15 doesn't necessarily herald a F2P move I think. WoW has had a free to play trial for quite some time as well, and SWTOR may just be taking a hat trick from one of the industry leaders. The designers at Bioware Austin have also never kept back the fact that they had a F2P plan for a contingency but that they would have to dip well below 400k subscribers for that to become a practical model financially. What with the last news (the EA shareholders meeting) reporting current subscription levels being at approximately 1.3million I don't see us getting down to below 400k anytime soon.

Good news and bad news I'd say. I'd love for F2P just for affordability, but I can't actually say that I believe it'll happen anytime in the near future (maybe a few years down the road...)

[Crum1515]

It's not going F2P

Its going doughnut2play

[Lyonheart]

The article ( on MMO champ ) that i read said they are considering it. lets just get to the point.. if they are considering it.. they WILL be going FTP! mark my words 8)

[Crum1515]

I disagree. And if it does happen it wont be for a very long time.

[MiRai]

My money is on SW:TOR going F2P before World of Warcraft. There, I said it --You heard it here first, folks.

/thread

[Crum1515]

My magic 8 ball prediction of a time line is:

SWToR Unlimited Trial - Guild Wars 2 Launch - WoW Expansion - End of World - SWToR Expansion - TiTaN Project - WoW Expansion and F2P - Batman MMO

[Svpernova09]

Batman mmo will be the next wow killer

[Crum1515]

I will take that action.

[Lyonheart]

The only WoW killer will be that epic earthquake we all have heard about,,ie..San Diego falls into the ocean and Blizzard with it!