User blog comment:JoePlay/Release date confirmed!/@comment-192.31.19.50-20110110202030/@comment-192.31.19.50-20110118215937

Well Obsidion Darkhart keeping a regular development team and releasing patches are standard for any MMO. No one releases an MMO and says they are not going to support it. As for the base of what I said go and do some research on PC MMO and you will see that the 3 MMOs that have offered lifetime subscriptions have been financial flops. Lords of the Rings online was the first to do so and that game didn't start generating revenue until it went free to play. Star Trek Online and Champions online have both offered life time options and Start Trek currently makes it's revenue off selling premium items in game and Champions is scheduled to go free to play by the end of this month. My assumption is not baseless if you have actually followed the MMO market.