Eerder werd bekend dat je voor The Elder Scrolls Online, de nieuwe MMO die zich in de wereld van de populaire franchise af laat spelen, elke maand dertien euro neer moet leggen om te mogen spelen. Hierdoor kiest de ontwikkelaar voor het World of Warcraft-betaalmiddel. Daarna kwam al snel de vraag; hoe zit dat met de versies op de consoles? Moet je op de Xbox One nog extra betalen naast je Xbox Live Gold-abbonement? Vandaag laat Bethesda weten dat het druk in gesprek is met Microsoft om Gold niet verplicht te makers voor spelers van The Elder Scrolls Online. Pete Hines, Bethesda’s baas, zei er het volgende over.
We feel like most people such as yourself currently pay that subscription not to pay a game, but to play all games online. So in that sense, when I’m playing Call of Duty online I don’t feel like I’m paying my monthly Xbox Live sub for Call of Duty – I’m just paying it because that’s a thing that I do, and whatever game I’m playing at the time is the one that benefits.
Having said that, we have been in talks with Microsoft about that very thing, and seeing whether or not there’s any room to change their minds about that, for folks who are only paying The Elder Scrolls Online and don’t want to pay for an Xbox Live Gold subscription, just to pay the Elder Scrolls Online. The answer right now is that’s the way it works, but it’s something that we’re aware of and we keep pushing on, to see if there’s something that can be done. We’ll let you know if there’s movement there.
