Quote Originally Posted by Tharian View Post
The problem is that most Western RPG's these days follow the Free To Play Model. Meanwhile a vast majority of Asian MMORPG's tend to follow the subscription model for one reason or another. One of those reasons being that in many Asian Countries Gambling is illegal
I don't know about that...I feel like western MMO pretty much pushed for F2P model because F2P was trending in Asian MMO so strongly. I've been trying out F2P MMO on and off since my FFXI WOTG days and all of them have been an Asian MMO (Korean and Japanese). I don't know a single Asian MMO that thrived on sub model beside FFXI and recently FFXIV:ARR.

Also, I believe online gambling is still illegal in some form in the US. One of the Japanese F2P MMO I played had to remove any casino themed setup to comply with the law. Just my 2cent.