Speaking to GI.biz, CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson explained that gamers will have to pay a "cover charge" first in order to play the online console shooter. This initial payment, which would be mandatory, would be in the range of US$ 10 to US$ 20 and will be used as the player's initial credit wallet.

"You're really getting the game for free but you have to pre-buy credits in the beginning," he said. "We might go fully free-to-play down the line, but in the beginning we have a cover charge just to manage the initial launch of it.

"We have always been a big believer in growing up a social network behind the game in a slow and predictable way," he added. "Because we have seen that if you don't do that you can end up with a very unstructured experience, where there's no cohesion to the community. By growing it at the beginning we help to make a healthy environment initially."

CCP originally announced that Dust 514 will be supported by revenues from the in-game sale of virtual goods, allowing players to purchase advanced weaponry, battle gear and vehicles using both earned virtual currency and real money from their PlayStation wallet.

Dust 514 was officially unveiled as a PS3 exclusive during Sony's E3 2011 press conference.

Via [Gamasutra]

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