Lifetime Subscription

[moriandrio]

TSW went b2p btw, and STO is f2p. But they had to give an option to give back the livetime subs after launch anyways.

[Abriael]

TSW went b2p btw

No. It's hybrid. As it offers a complimentary subscription.

and STO is f2p.

Again no, hybrid. You can subscribe if you so wish. No game that was previously P2P went F2P.

[syntaxlies]

No. It's hybrid. As it offers a complimentary subscription.



Again no, hybrid. You can subscribe if you so wish. No game that was previously P2P went F2P.

they are free to play(with restrictions) but you can still play for free.

[Abriael]

they are free to play(with restrictions) but you can still play for free.

That doesn't matter.

Free to play games are games in which you have no restrictions (like Forsaken World for instance), and you pay by purchasing items or services in the cash shop.

Hybrid games are games in which free play is (often rather radically) restricted and you HAVE to either subscribe or to pay from the cash shop (often more than what a sub would entail) in order to enjoy the full content.

[ShinigamiKayla]

I ended up buying the life time sub for TSW >.> still get the newer content for free which their doing microtransactions for AMAZING story content extra missions where you get blue signets easily basicaly giving people who pay for content more ways to upgrade gear and or contorl the markets v/s ppl who don't pay subs... either way I'm still okay with that I bought GM pack they are giving me back 12 dollars of bonus points a month or so so im making money back in their cash shop I guess (which is not buy to win)

[HiirNoivl]

FFXIV has already GONE free to play and guess what? It has nothing to do with the subscription options. I'd wager the same for the other nameless games that go F2P immediately after offering lifetime subs, if the even exist. lol.

I don't think FFXIV will ever go free to play again. It'll shut down before it does that.

[moriandrio]

It doesn't match yours thats all...

[Reika]

I don't think any MMO is worth a lifetime sub....

[Firon]

I don't think any MMO is worth a lifetime sub....

XI would have been worth it for me since i played it for years I spent well over 300 bucks on FFXI

[Zehira]

XI would have been worth it for me since i played it for years I spent well over 300 bucks on FFXI

Well, the new expansion pack is coming for FFXI it would keep them paying since some of them didn't like ARR. For now, SE need to make more money. =/