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EA Access announced. XBO exclusive.
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http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/29/ea-announces-subscription-service-on-xbox-one-ea-access?abthid=53d7d3116415330f4400000c
...Today, EA revealed EA Access, an Xbox One-exclusive subscription service that grants players access to EA's so-called Vault.
Subscribing to EA Access will cost $4.99 a month (or $30 a year), and since the program is technically in beta, only four games will initially be available: FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, Peggle 2, and Battlefield 4, "with more titles being added soon."
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Could be cool.
But I would need EA to expand the lineup a bit.
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Ok, yeah...
I would subscribe to this in an instant if it was available on PS4.
Also early access demos of games with saves that carry over into the full version.
Honestly, this sounds like a very cool idea from EA. Slightly baffled by the XBO exclusivity thing, though. Titanfall was understandable since the new consoles had not released yet, but now they're actively ignoring that slight edge in popularity the PS4 has.
Either Microsoft wrote a super huuuuuge check, or maybe Sony wouldn't play ball.
"We have years of struggle ahead, mostly within ourselves." - Made in USA
People are going to sign up in droves just to play the Dragon Age demo a week early.
I'm pretty sure there are money hats going around.
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"We have years of struggle ahead, mostly within ourselves." - Made in USA
From the previous link:
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"We have years of struggle ahead, mostly within ourselves." - Made in USA
Yeah that was a typo.
I meant 30 bucks a year. I corrected it.
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Solid pricing.
Hey, EA, if you want to give me a 10% dicount on your games then just discount your damn games 10%. I'm not jumping through hoops so you'll just give me some money back.
I predict people will rush this for DA:I and then it will tank and tank hard.
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Beta access to ME4.
"We have years of struggle ahead, mostly within ourselves." - Made in USA
lets imagine a scenario where you are interested in most of EAs catalog:
More like pay $5 save $6 if its 10%.
Yeah, I mean there are quite a few people I work with who swear by EA's catalog.
So I could see it working out decently for them if they advertise it well.
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Well, Steam and GOG give me crazy discounts for free.
At this time yes, madden 25 is the last year version.
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I think stuff like PS+ is awesome. It gives Sony a way to showcase or prop up games the audience often misses for one reason or another, and gives the creators another means of revenue/exposure after the game's time is 'done'. It's a clever way to feature someone's work in a fashion that benefits everyone.
This, however, I think is more likely to just undermine EA's own sales. Based on the lineup they're stating today, we can safely assume that some new EA games will be available on the service, and the biggest stuff will be available on it some time later. Also it's specifically their lineup, not the market in general, so I can look at their release schedule and conclude that a good chunk of it will be offered on EA Access at some point.
It looks like they're using this to get more people buying DLC. Not a bad thing by itself, but what happens if I buy Premium for Battlefield 4 while on this service? If I cancel EA Access, do I lose access to the game despite dropping $50 on content for it? If so, why would I put myself in that position? That's not comfortable, and there's a good chance I'd regret my purchases. Valve gave a talk about regret, and lots of detail on their free to play model.
They avoid this kind of weird middle ground between fully retail boxed copies and fully free to play by just making sure you never (or at least, as little as possible) feel spurned by your purchasing decisions, and making what you buy benefit everyone around you.
Good deal if you like ea stuff, though.
But wait...don't you lose access to games you get free with PS+ if you end the subscription too?
So if you buy DLC for those games wouldn't you still lose that money if you ended your subscription unless you bought the game full out.
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Other than that, I mentioned PS+ because it covers the entire Playstation ecosystem. There is always stuff on it I haven't heard of or would have otherwise ignored. With EA's offering, it's too narrow. A handful of their new stuff will be available on it, and (presumably) their heavy hitters with lots of DLC. I assume they're experimenting with this, seeing if subscribed access to BF4 leads to a significant conversion to Premium, but I doubt they're thinking too much about buyer's remorse. If they are they clearly aren't valuing it enough, given the way they've chosen to announce all this.