TOR Will Be Microtransation-based: UPDATED

Posted December 9th, 2008 by Andrew

UPDATE:

According to Bioware’s Sean Dahlberg,

“This unfortunately was a big misunderstanding and I want to be clear: we have made no official statements about the business model for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.

When we do have information as to business model for The Old Republic, we will definitely share it with all of you and you’ll find that information here on the official website.”

Looks like how players will pay and play TOR will be announced officially at a later date. We’ll keep you updated; sorry about the false hopes, or, we’re glad your hearts are at ease, whichever the case may be.

Original News Post:

According to Shack News,

“Publisher Electronic Arts today classified BioWare’s upcoming Star Wars MMO The Old Republic as a “microtransaction-based” title, indicating that the game will include alternative financial models other than a subscription fee.

“We are continuing to stick to the plan relative to building out our direct-to-consumer models which include microtransactions and subscriptions,” said EA CEO John Riccitiello in a conference call today. “The recent launch of Warhammer [Online] is a great example of that.”

Very, very interesting– it seems that even the paying method for TOR is unique. We’ll keep you posted! Until then, feel free to discuss this new development in TOR’s thread on our message boards.

Source: Massively

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