Star War: the Old Republic, Free to Play?

[deadplayer]

This is NOT a rumor.

According to the talk between BioWare General Manager Dr. Ray Muzyka and Kotaku, Star War: the Old Republic's not-yet-publicized pricing plan will "be more of the traditional business model with maybe some twists as well."

Muzyka said: "With Star Wars: The Old Republic, we haven't announced anything yet. But what we're striving to do, to clarify what I said earlier, is to make sure the fans and the audience that we're trying to reach feel they are getting something they understand and feel that it is a good value for their money — and feel that there is a way they actually want to engage in the experience, both in how they play it and how they pay for it. That's our high-level goal."

Oh no, I hate f2p MMOs which usually have item mall. It will ruin the game.

Check For more information: http://news.mmo site.com/content/2010-03-19/star_war_the_old_republic_to_be_free_to_access.sht ml

[Shammy]

you dont need to hate them if your not part of them, gamers have the choice if they want to spend money on a free to play game or not, most likely playing a P2P will not let you spend more money but need to grind hard.

[fenix40k]

news...m m osite and yeah lol..this is so damn old (this "rumor")
They never said directly that the game will be f2p. In the end its an p2p mmorpg so not a f2p one. Trust me

[cinderboy]

seriously, stop reading the bullcrap from mmo-site. the development cost for this game is humongous, it will be suicide to dip into totally f2p with cash shop. and what, free download from their website, without trying to earn even a little from box sales ? Seriously...

[Paladuck]

Star War: the Old Republic's not-yet-publicized pricing plan will "be more of the traditional business model with maybe some twists as well."

It's called P2P with a cash shop.

[Alivada]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ea...subs-for-swtor
It's going P2P, but it may be cheaper with a cash shop (for cosmetics, like what WoW is starting to do).

[cinderboy]

I will go print a t-shirt with "EA, please marry me" if the game goes totally F2P with cash shop.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ea...subs-for-swtor
It's going P2P, but it may be cheaper with a cash shop (for cosmetics, like what WoW is starting to do).

and thanks, eurogamer is a much more trusted source than bull-crapping mmo-site.

[zeroburrito]

don't know where you got f2p from "traditional"(p2p) and "twist"(cash shop).

[fenix40k]

seriously, stop reading the bullcrap from mmo-site. the development cost for this game is humongous, it will be suicide to dip into totally f2p with cash shop. and what, free download from their website, without trying to earn even a little from box sales ? Seriously...

woot..someone who understands my feelings when i see m m o site news posted in onrpg...lolz..

@ thread dude: seriously..if you dont wanna be a noob with no knowledge about mmorpgs..stay away from this site

[cinderboy]

i remember that crappy site posting about FFXIV being F2P sometime back ? Jesus...

[fenix40k]

i remember that crappy site posting about FFXIV being F2P sometime back ? Jesus...

yeah...saw that too + someone has posted this here too xD

[ArcDevil]

for a second I was shocked. Thanks god it will be P2P. Now I can feed on the tears of the underaged morons that tot they had found their free lunch
while doing the banana dance

[Siigari]

lol @ thread

[H4wkeye]

That information is kinda misleading, cause The Old Republic won't be F2P, there is just NO WAY for it to be F2P after all the cash invested in it and the fact that it's a AAA mmo made by a great, popular company.

[Thas]

I wouldn't touch it if it went f2p anyways.

[MateriaCloud]

I wouldn't touch it if it went f2p anyways.

I would. I don't care what it is, Im playing it.

[Alivada]

I would. I don't care what it is, Im playing it.

Same here, me likey story.

[Akeras]

errr.....Selph.....doesn't WoW have pets that are a seperate purchase?

[cinderboy]

And then in a few weeks, you'll print a T-shirt with "EA fails again" and wish it was P2P.

if EA can afford to let TOR to go totally F2P, it means it must have like gazillions USD stuffed in some Swiss bank. well, that's what i think. lol.

[Peter1992t]

Sooner or later, all MMO's will be F2P...

That will be a bad day.

[sinnful]

WRONG a Pay 2 play game CANNOT have an item mall,

If you pay you have ownership within the rules.

Therefor any item in the game you can acquire like anyone else, thats with patience and hard work.
For example WoW
If you want item malls go to f2p mmorpgs that are the same as every other one.



WRONG

Everyquest 2 has already invested more then anyone in just that one game, with their 11 expansions lawl.


Star wars being f2p? That's would be hilarious, I mean I wonder how much the servers would cost to hold like 10 million people. plus the development cost.
Star wars will never be free lol although an online starwars rpg huh. Sounds intresting, I also noticed

someone said FF13(or they said 14) is p2p, so square enix made another mmo final fantasy? looks like i need to get a ps3

P2P games with a cash shop...
Champions Online
Star Trek Online
Everquest
Everquest 2
World of Warcraft (account services)
Lineage 2 (account services)
City of Heroes/City of Villains (Costume Packs and account services)
Star Wars Galaxies (account services and card game thing)
and few others I'm probably forgetting at the moment