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EA’s announcement that Star Wars: The Old Republic would be going free-to-play in the Fall has sparked some interesting reactions from gamers around the ‘net. In this week’s SWTOR column, we’re weighing in on the news and explain why we feel the switchover is worthy of praise over doom-n-gloom.
The reaction to the news has been mixed. Many gamers have responded well to the announcement and appear to look forward to checking the game out once it goes free-to-play. On the flipside, the self-congratulating and practical foaming-at-the-mouth rush to get one’s “I told you so!†in has been nauseating, to say the least. I realize schadenfreude is pretty popular around these parts, but some of you are reading the wrong signals in this announcement.
To some, it would seem, Star Wars: The Old Republic going free-to-play in less than a year is the ultimate vindication. This news, some would believe, is clear proof that Star Wars: The Old Republic has been an abject failure, validating the various criticisms that have been leveled at the game for some time now.
I disagree wholeheartedly.
Read more of Michael Bitton’s Star Wars: The Old Republic: Free-to-Play and Schadenfreude.
 
