To the Anonymous Insider

Not saying itll never happen but this game is far from having the subs low enough to warrant f2p. Id even say the game is growing now with the free trial, and 1.3. When it gets down to 5 low/standard sized servers, like lotro had, then we'll talk f2p. For now, they stand to lose money by going f2p.

And thats because pure sandbox and pure themepark do not exist beyond a few games and most of them within single player simulator, you have an mmo and the game is part of both. sandbox elements and themepark mixed, the only difference is the slider on which they lean closer towards.

To be fair, the blogger is the moron that said the game cost $500M and that the forums opened on Sept 12 2011, not the alledged BW employee.

Given the devs attitude towards the players, it wouldn't suprise me if they really blamed us for this game's underwhelming performance. They couldn't even be bothered to reply to feedback on 1.3 changes...but I'm sure that's our fault, too.

Games, like everything else, are evolving. The reason the community is so "vile" and torn is precisely because different factions want the world of gaming to move in different directions. Everyone has an opinion because everyone has a deep relationship to gaming. But all the argument are an illusion, because where it is moving is pretty much inevitable. One of those inevitabilities, I think, is free2play. Pay2play is too 20th century in its outlook. And therein lies the problem with SWTOR, it is a new game following old models, most likely because a huge budget creates conservative thinking.