The subscription based Star Trek MMO will be free to play. Currently, the transition is set to take place sometime near the end of this year. Here is what Perfect World CFO Kelvin Lau stated during an investor’s call:
Cryptic is working on the free-to-play model for Star Trek Online. This is going to be launched by the end of this year. So I think free-to-play model we have a bigger potential in US market and also in China market.
Source: Industrygamers.com
I’m not a big Star Trek fan, but it is nice that the mmo is getting the free-to-play treatment. Once they switch over, I may try it out just to see how it is.