The Secret World was not a break out hit when it launched, leaving some to wonder if Funcom would switch the game over to a free-to-play business model. Funcom communications director Erling Ellingsen indicates that despite outside speculation that the game will be shifting to free-to-play soon, that is not currently on Funcom’s time table.
“No it’s not going free-to-play any time soon,” said Ellingsen “It’s a fast changing business and we have to adapt ourselves, but right now there’s currently no plans.”
The company indicates that their focus right now is satisfying their current subscribers by providing them with monthly content. “It’s really important to us with the business model we’ve chosen,” said The Secret World game director Joel Bylos. “It sounds very emotional, but I almost feel like we need to prove that this business model has not gone the way of the dinosaur by delivering content constantly to people, and making people feel like there’s value in it.”
Source: Eurogamer
