by Jeff Woleslagle on Oct 21, 2010
Subscription fees have been a hotbutton topic among MMOG enthusiasts in Western markets ever since Guild Wars broke the subscription barrier in 2005. Short of the usual rants or rationalizations of subscription fees, today's Loading... looks at what goes into a subscription fee, what players get out of it, and asks whether our issue is the fee itself, or the online community we're made to pay the price of admission for. That in today's Loading... Subscription Friction.