While it was believed at first that EA CEO Riccitiello was announcing the MMO was to be a ”microtransaction-based” title, EA refute the notion as a misunderstanding.
During yesterday’s conference call Riccitiello made comments on upcoming titles and microtransactions, but apparently that wasn’t specifically pointing toward The Old Republic.
”We are continuing to stick to the plan relative to building out our direct-to-consumer models which include microtransactions and subscriptions,” said Riccitiello.
He went on to say that projects like the ”Star Wars online MMO, are mid-session games which are microtransaction-based,” and that we can expect to hear more ”about those in the February” conference call.
This wasn’t an indication though that the Star Wars MMO was choosing microtransactions over a subscription based model. EA have since said that ”no statements have been made about the Star Wars business model.” Hopefully it’ll be an either/or decision.
Source: Shacknews
