I bet that this "new direction" is an entirely new model. It *could* be F2P or simply go the Guild Wars route of "buy once and you're done," but I doubt it. Excited to see what exactly they think up.

Free to play is good unless you get a landslide of pay to win archetypes. If you look at Path of Exile you'll see that they've done it right. You can throw some money down if you'd like your characters armor to sparkle or add a funny dance. Paying for better weapons is not only silly, it is also foolish.

They're not gonna get rid of the subscriptions anytime soon, as long as people will pay it and still spend shitloads on their online store. Blizzard, most greed *** mmo makers ever.

Nahh.... The only MMO that i will be playing is going to be TESO.

I don't think subscription based is bad though. WoW was certainly priced kinda high at $15/month. That adds up. For awhile though, I didn't mind because it was fun. WoW just isn't all that fun to me anymore. Besides, F2P isn't doing much better. Most of the time, they make it to where actual skill goes away, and it's just whoever is willing to pay the most money...then it stops being fun right from the get go because you're immediately at a disadvantage. It makes it feel like you didn't buy the full game.

I can't wait. I hope they do some sort of teaser for it at Blizzcon. Blizzard is easily amongst my top 5 developers. Their games are soo good, and Titan will probably be just as good as any other game they've made.

about time...play that game for a year, you could've bought 3 brand new games, 6 $30 games, or anything besides a subscription...think that's so stupid (people do what you want with your money, but i think that's crazy)

I personally feel the "buy to play" model that games like Guild Wars 2 and The Secret World use is superior to subscription and F2P models. It puts less pressure on the devs to make the game frustrating unless you pay money in some item shop, which in turn makes for a much more balanced and enjoyable game for the players. Yeah you still have to buy the major content updates when they come out, but spending $10-$15 every 2 or 3 months for new content beats out getting hounded at every turn by micro-transactions or paying $15 a month.

Subscription MMOs aren't dead, at least not to gamers. The truth of the matter is F2P/B2P are just often times more profitable, especially in the short term. It's a proven fact that people are willing to pay a monthly subscription if they are enjoying the experience.

Blizzard is just showing, like any other multi-billion dollar corporation, that they are in it solely for the money. They don't have to go F2P. WoW still has a gigantic subscription base even if it is in decline. They choose to go F2P because that is how one will make more money.

I hate F2P.... Pay to win is going to kill the entire industry

I'd like to see Titan go the route of Guild Wars, where you just by the game and that's it. I think that subscription based is starting to be phased out. The only thing I worry about with F2P games is the micro-transactions bogging it down if not done correctly.

Since I have no real comment on this, and there's nowhere else for me to complain, I miss Fusionfall...

This is a really smart move from Blizzard. I could see them stubbornly going with another subscription model because of how successful WoW was, but this is definitely the model they will need if they want it to be as big.

It's also great news for gamers imo. Being able to play as much of an MMO as you want without spending any money is much less intimidating than having to pay.

Just a side note: I really hope that they make this game more skill based and less grind based than traditional MMOs.

No subscription? I guess I'll give Blizzard another shot then... Hopefully it will be on PS4 as well, like ESO.

Defiance isn't free 2 play.

I hope this puts pressure on Bethesda to make TES Online Buy to Play.

And maybe next month they will announce that it wont be online game but massive singleplayer game made purely PC in mind :) Ah the dreams one can have....

This is why Titan can go Free To Play.
I just found this picture of Bobby Kotick today.
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