Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley has seen his company’s transition from being almost completely reliant on subscriptions to switching over almost all of their games to free-to-play. In light of that fact, it is unsurprising that he applauds the decision by Electronic Arts to switch over Star Wars: The Old Republic to free-to-play.
“It is the only way to go for new games,” said Smedley. “It was the right decision for SWTOR (which is a fantastic game). Wait till you see our next round of games after [Planetside 2].”
Smedley also bashed the concept of retail sales determining the health of PC gaming, saying, “I hate it when people talk about the decline of the PC industry. It’s idiotic garbage spouted by morons that can’t count where the players are playing. It’s not like League of Legends reports numbers to NPD. The players are playing F2P games on the PC not going to retail.”
Source: Reddit.com
