newsfeed: Whoops! EA retracts CEO Riccitiello’s statement on TOR’s payment model

[News]

In an update to a previous news post, Electronic Arts has said CEO John Riccitiello’s statement on The Old Republic’s business model was based on a ‘misunderstanding’. Riccitiello had originally commented that TOR will be ‘microtransaction-based’, which is quite different from the traditional MMO payment model based around monthly payments. It’s surprising that Riccitiello would make [...]

 

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[jrrtoken]

I am experiencing a very... peculiar sensation. I'm unsure on whether to be happy or sad.

[Litofsky]

I'd have to say that this is good, but I cannot help but wonder what the 'alternative' (or the original plan, perhaps?) method of paying shall be?

[Tommycat]

Why do I have that scene stuck in my head with Han is saying, "Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?"

[Steve-O Kreesh]

It was a little premature for him to announce the payment system for a game that is still in PRE-production.

 

They probably will announce the payment model when the game is close to launch.

[Hallucination]

I'm happy they retracted that statement, but IIRC this is from the same guy who mentioned that the MMO was a SW one, only to have that statement retracted for him by Bioware and LA.