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Or at least it should come as no surprise that another struggling "AAA" monthly subscription MMORPG is working on moving to a free to play model, especially after the success that titles like Dungeons & Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online, and to a lesser extend Everquest 2, have seen to the bottom line. The people at Cryptic had to see all this transpire and know that was pretty much the only path to trying to bring in a respectable amount of subscribers to their much maligned, but actually quite fun superhero themed game.
I'm not going to pretend to be impartial here on this one. I'm a lifetime subscriber and have been playing the game since beta. I have and do love the game, played the pen and paper RPG prior to that way back in the day, and have a strong affinity for the licence in general. Having achieved full disclosure regarding that, I find the move to a free to play model unfortunate, but I understand as well that games must make money and that in terms of viability over the long haul, this was probably the only decision that could be made.
I still think it is ridiculous for companies to have a cash store to sell things to subscribers that are already paying a monthly subscription, but that seems to be the wave of the future. It is disturbing though that companies seem to think it is ok to screw over their paying customers, and make no mistake, that is exactly what is going on, no matter what the apologists would like you to believe. But I digress.
Here's the link to more information on the plans for the change over, should it be of interest to you. If you haven't tried the game out, it's certainly worth a download for free.
