http://www.rpgsite.net/interviews/40...erview-round-2
interview sympa avec ça :
RPG Site: The MMO world was hit with the news that Star Wars: The Old Republic going partially free-to-play - given this news, how do you feel about other models than subscription?
Yoshida: We're not in the position to say that a free to play model is better or a subscription model is better - really, it kind of depends. It depends on the type of game. Each model has its benefits - each model has its good points and its bad points.
What we want to do is that - we originally promised fans that we were going to release this type of game - it was going to be a subscription model. You'd pay a certain amount of money and you'd get a certain amount of time to be on the servers for 24 hours. This is what we promised. The first and foremost thing is to follow up on this promise and release it.
That doesn't mean to say we're not watching and considering other types of business models - like a hybrid model or free to play models - for the future, but that's something we'll think of after we've fulfilled that first promise.