Hello

Many of you might know that after you pay the $60 USD for Elder Scrolls Online it self there's a $15 USD monthly fee to keep playing Elder Scrolls Online. This Decision from the Dev's are making people reluctant about buying the game because for most people, they don't want to spend a extra $15 a month to play Elder Scrolls Online. A possible solution to this not to get rid of the monthly fee at all but to decrease it to $5, many people that I spoke to loved the idea behind it. Then I also asked people if they would pay $10 a month the repose from that was not the same as the $5 but many said " I would like that over $15". So in all terns maybe lowering the monthly fee to $0-10 would be good to bring more players to the game. Also another way to bring more players is to open a downloadable F2P Mini-Beta for all platforms this includes ( PC/Mac, Xbox, PlayStation) Now on the Topic about (Pre-Paided cards) Maybe half of the player base that would play Elder Scrolls Online don't have a Credit/Debit card to pay for the monthly fee online. Now speaking on a personal matter I'm one of those people that don't have a Credit/Debit card so I have no way of paying the Monthly fee . So i think they need to consider on marketing the monthly fees on a Pre-Paided Cards like at local game vender's.

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~TheGreatWars~

Will there be stuff like gift cards? Some of us don't have a credit card to pay with.

At launch, players will be able to purchase game time cards from participating retailers worldwide. In addition, payment methods such as PayPal and other popular regional payment providers will be available to customers who do not have access to credit cards.

I just wish they would announce whether there will be discounts [there should be from things said last year], how much the discounts will be, and how much time you can buy/how big the block has to be for the discount.

People would also love it if they did not have to buy the game at all and there was no sub fee or even cash shop. Guess the devs don't get to eat this month. Of course people always want a lower price that is human nature. All we know right now is that the game is $60 with the first month free and then you need a $15 sub every month to continue playing. I do hope they release some more info on their pricing plan though and other options to pay for the game instead of just giving them my credit card info. Usually when you purchase game time in bulk, 3 month, 6 month and one year subs, the price averages per month drop. Come on ZOS tell us what you want already.

That's easy. 1 x Kidney, 1 x Lung, 1 x Arm and naming rights of your firstborn, I'm pretty sure all of that is on the notice of disclosure from ZOS.

What's interesting when you consider the purchase price of Skyrim (and let's say you bought the pricier limited edition version with the fancy box) then add all the on costs for the DLC that was dished out over a period of time, it won't be that much different in cost.

Skyrim $60

DlC about $50

Total: $110

Elder Scrolls online $60

1 year of subscibtion $180

if not more than 1 year

DlC: N/A

Total: $240

Pretty sure the costs are not the same

The $15.00 is fine, should be more considering inflation from $15.00 when these business models started.

can you pay for my $15 a month cause you seem like you got a lot of lose cash hanging around

Do you go to the movies and tell them they would get a lot more customers if they lowered their prices? Do you go to Mcdonalds and ask them to lower their #2 down to $3.00 in order to get more customers? Some things cost what they cost. When your my age hopefully you will be doing as well as myself and can afford it easier.

I remember paying more for skyrim when it first came out, but you are right they aren't the same when you add it all up. (thanks for that, I had justified the price nicely in my mind until now )

$15 a month isn't expensive, for me and what value I perceive. More then likely I'll be completely immersed in ESO for quite a while, when the money out weighs the value, then I may move onto something else, who knows...

I'm secretly hoping that the subscription fee limits the amount of 'undesirables' playing, of course that's hope for you.

first off i would pay $15 for maybe like the first 3-4 months but after it equals the same amount of money as buying a new game which for this year there's a lot of good title like titanfall, destiny, Halo

I'm expecting Beth/Zeni to come out with reduced rates for subs based on time: 3-mo., 6-mo., 12-mo. Just like pretty much everyone else does.

Haven't seen it announced yet, but it's the way things go. A year's sub will be around $120 or a bit less. I expect it to be announced in the summer (June-ish, I'm thinking).

Game comes out April 4 so they got like 30 days to confirm things that need to be like the monthly rates or March 31 for the digital copy(pre order)

If you struggle to pay 15$ a month, then you should rather get a job instead of playing games

Most of the games I've played don't offer the reduced quarterly/semi-annual/annual rates until the game has been live for three or four months (at least). I think WoW didn't do it until about a year into it's life, DDO didn't used to have 12-mo subs until last year, IIRC.

DOn't hold your breath for it, but I'm expecting it to happen "reasonably" soon after launch....

I don't post much but I have to get my 2 cents worth on this:

Elder Scrolls online $60

1 year of subscription $180

Total: $240

That's $240 for 1 year of entertainment.

Now let's take 1 example of my case:

1 visit to Disney Land with my family (around 9 hours worth)

$15.00 - parking fee

$346.56 - entrance fee

~$200.00 - on food snacks and drinks

~$200.00 - $250.00 - on crap my son will never play with after a week, or stuff my wife will surely put in storage

This don't count driving there, so gas and extra

Total: More or less $871.56 for 9 hours!!!!

I even go cheaper or a more normal activity:

Go bowling with the Family - 3-4 hours

$60 for all 3 of us for all I can bowl (can't take more than 4 hours anyhow LOL)

$45 on food, snacks and drinks (which usually is bad so....)

$100 on a good restaurant (including tip)

Total: $205 for 4 hours that's $35 less than 1 full year of the game, which is also 364 days and 20 hours less.....

Do the math, it's not that hard, plus now you know what you parents do for you if you are a minor complaining about the price..

I couldn't agree more, all this crying about a $15/month is [censored].

I don't work a full time job, I have a mortgage on a house and other monthly bills plus hobbies yet I can still budget and afford $15/month.. So this has to say something about those crying about the monthly subs.

Amen, my point exactly!

There will be pre-paid cards, Devs have said that already.

That said I'm not for lowering the subscription, but for raising it. $25, I say. More dedicated players, same/more money for development, weed-out 12 yo.

"Dev's are making people reluctant about buying the game because for most people, they don't want to spend a extra $15 a month to play Elder Scrolls Online.."

I am sure 'most' people don't 'want' to pay for anything willingly and would love to get something for free. However, I wonder if the same 'most' people are probably also bored to tears in the MMO game they are playing today and why are looking into ESO. Perhaps those games are not evolving (new content) fast enough, ~maybe~ because they are now F2P, and ~maybe~ that 'new' trendy model doesn't offer enough economic incentive for developers to do offer new content at a good-enough pace to keep people glued to their game.

In this sea of F2P gaming landscape, isn't time (again) for a premium game to charge at least $15 a month (or more!) and have the economic incentive and resources to keep us challenged at all times with new content and adventure? The million dollar question. The 'volume' approach has been tried enough, perhaps its time for the 'quality' approach (again). We shall see.

Prepay saving options do make sense, always have, so that will probably happen, eventually.

It costs $120 a week to fuel my truck.. in the grand scheme of things $15 is nothing.

Old wisdom given to me years ago: "The recipe for a happy marriage is to budget the luxuries FIRST!"

By that, he meant that if you can't afford to go out to dinner -- even just to Mickey D's -- once a month, you're working too hard for too little. $15/mo. is about the cost of -- surrpise! -- dinner for two at McD's. It's not what one would call "Big Money", really.

And if it is, then on-line gaming may not be the wisest choice for your monthly entertainment.....

The euro sub is 12.99Eur... if you buy more it can go down to say 11.99 or 10.99 maybe even 9.99 but i doubt it.

The USD will be what WOW has most likely, so look at their sub price it will be the same... or SWTOR or whatever.

I agree people don`t like to pay, i don`t either.... that said... 15$ is cheap even in lower income countries. If its not cheap for you stop playing get more education and a better life... don`t waste your time on game. I know it has been said and it sounds elitist, but its the best advice you can get. It takes a little time but after that you can play all day and not give a crap about income.

Besides this game card loophole allows younger people to play... but that is another debate.

Of course more people would join if the price was lower, its basic logic.

Sell a game for 50$ dollars 10 people will buy it

Sell a game for 25$ dollars 20 people will buy it

Same profit.

Elderscroll dont do something new and overpriced, pay to play mmo genre is always like that. You pay way less then with a free to try (f2p)

Comparing a single player game to an MMO makes no sense at all. Do you realise how much more it costs to not only create an MMO, but maintain it? When people expect an MMO to cost the same as single player games it is so irritating.

I am sure there will be a sub discount. All of the current games are doing it. ZOS will do it too.