Here we have a great article on how Free to Play seems to be treated as the ugly stepchild of Pay to Play MMOs by the media.
The fact of the matter is that I spend a lot of time covering the free to play sector because it is important. Very important. However, it tends to be… out of sight, out of mind. The main reason is simple. The amount of exposure that the category receives in the game media isn’t nearly on the same level as its significance, neither in terms of the huge numbers of players nor the major amounts of revenue they represent. As a consequence, if you lean on those publications for information, you get little or none about free to play titles.
Richard Aihoshi: Out of Sight, Out of Mind – MMORPG.com
