Just wondering if anyone else thinks this would be smart for SEGA to reconsider?

This is mostly just wishful thinking but most games in NA have a subscription fee of $10-$15 (if they have one at all). And I understand that PSO2 is "free" to play, but premium, is basically a subscription, and I don't know how many NA players would be willing to drop $19 a month and still not have access to every feature of the game.

I know back in the day PSOI&II had an "expensive" sub fee compared to existing games at the time, but this just seems like too much.