Originally Posted by Gandhi
If I had to choose I'd go for a subscription model set at $10 a month. Planetside is unique, there's really no other MMO like it and for that reason I think it can still do well with a pay to play model.
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You mean like Tribes Universe? PlanetSide 2 is going to have some direct competition.
Originally Posted by Gandhi
F2P would obviously bring in more players, but that doesn't necessarily mean more profit and it definitely doesn't mean a better community. I'd also be dead set against a cash shop that offers anything beyond cosmetic items, and I think that's a feeling shared by a lot of people considering the ruckus EVE's cash shop caused when it wasn't made clear that it would be vanity items only.
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I am completely against a cash shop with more than cosmetic items as well, but I am realistic. SOE is notorious for their pay to win cash shop in their P2P game Everquest 2.