EVE Online: Chronicles of a New Eden – Becoming Pay-to-Win

It’s no secret that the model for subscription-based MMORPGs is rapidly shrinking. Where coughing up fifteen dollars a month used to be par for the course in most online games, things are shifting towards the “freemium” subscription model where the cost of entry for games is free but as soon as you step inside you’re likely to be funneled down a corridor made of hands that are constantly groping you until you finally throw them your wallet just to make the awkward torture stop.