The Elder scrolls online does not require PS plus !

[Caboose The Ace]

Source: Joystiq


Recently on a Playstation blog post it has been confirmed that PS plus shall not be required to play Elder scrolls online and so to some it is a huge relief but  despite all efforts Microsoft still refuse to not allow you to play gold to play the game but of course it may change so there is hope.

 

The Elder scrolls online is a MMO and so costs 15 pounds / dollars a month to play but new content is expected every few weeks and it is estimated to take 150 hours to do everything in one faction area  so without any new stuff at launch you should have 500 plus hours of content already

 

Also to add there may be a bundle where you pay 60 pounds for example for a years worth of membership and it may be free to play or the cost may come down to boot.

 

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Can a nice friendly Mod fix the image ?

Edited January 29, 2014 by RedStarRocket91
Yes, they can.

[RedStarRocket91]

Very, very disappointing to see this. The idea of a console subscription service is that it's in lieu of having to pay separate subscription fees to games' online multiplayer services, and I really hope this doesn't set a precedent of companies beginning to charge online fees for each individual title they produce. The fact that it doesn't require PS+ is irrelevant as a year's subscription is substantially more expensive than the corresponding fees for a year's subscription to PS+, which most players are probably paying for anyway. It wouldn't be so bad if it were just $2-3 a month, but that's $180 over the course of a year, which would pay for something like three years of Xbox LIVE.

[VinWarrior]

Very, very disappointing to see this. The idea of a console subscription service is that it's in lieu of having to pay separate subscription fees to games' online multiplayer services, and I really hope this doesn't set a precedent of companies beginning to charge online fees for each individual title they produce. The fact that it doesn't require PS+ is irrelevant as a year's subscription is substantially more expensive than the corresponding fees for a year's subscription to PS+, which most players are probably paying for anyway. It wouldn't be so bad if it were just $2-3 a month, but that's $180 over the course of a year, which would pay for something like three years of Xbox LIVE.

 

Finally, someone else speaks their mind on this stupid fee. It makes sense for PCs and Macs, as that is the norm for MMOs on them now, but for consoles? Not only is this removal irrelevant as hell, cause I'm paying for PS+ anyways so I can... Ya know, play other games online, but it still costs a lot! PS+ for a year is priced at $50, doing that math, we can assume around $4.17 per month respectively. The Elder Scrolls Online is a whopping $15 per month! That's nearly four times what we pay for the subscription most already use. Even with $15 seeming low, add on the $60 plus taxation price tag and the full price to play the game for around the time the usual Skyrim player played that, which was 2-3 years. This amounts to a shocking $420 at least to play the game for two years, three being $600! Add in likely DLC and micro transactions and you could be paying close to $700 to enjoy the game for only three years? No game is worth that. And when the drop the fees on consoles, more people will buy it, I promise Bethesda.