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Penny Arcade - Comic - Constituency
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Constituency
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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It's a real bad way to constantly pay to play the same game forever.
...this is a hypothetical situation of course.
Like it’s a testament to how much everyone (deservedly) hates origin that a service which is Netflix for Indy games isn’t more popular.
Unravel 1 and 2, They are billions, the Darksiders trilogy, all the battlefields, Rime, A way out...
Obviously this is IF they keep the 4 euros ticket, if they enter the 10 euros range of the Microsoft store, with all its horrible games (most of which can only be played on XBox but not on PC), they could keep it.
I won't even subscribe to Netflix because I would rather just spend money and buy a film I intend to watch more than once (also, I'm a notorious cheapskate). I wouldn't subscribe to a hypothetical "Steam access" unlike someone stole my credit card and forged my information, much less "Origin Access." I'm the exact opposite of the intended market.
But if you really like variety, don't have an inconvenient bandwidth cap, and play mostly on PC, it makes obvious sense. Well, if you like EA's library anyway. The last EA game I purchased was Battlefront II, which I paid $6 for--I would argue the correct amount to pay for Battlefield II ultimately.
I think this is what it really comes down to. Humble Monthly makes more sense because they have a huge catalog of games. Some sort of "Steam Access" would make sense because they have almost every game imaginable, and GoG isn't too far behind.
With Origin Access, you're paying a monthly subscription for a scandalously small catalog. It only makes economical sense if you love EA's entire output. If you're only playing a few games or a specific series, it makes way more sense to buy upfront. This Anthem promotion seems like a desperate play to boost subscriber numbers - if the subscription service was doing well, just having Anthem exclusive to Origin would be enough.
I'd compare it to the difference between Netflix and CBS All Access. Netflix has a huge catalog that many subscribe to for overall content, whereas CBS All Access is about the same price for a fraction of the shows - only making sense if you *love* those specific shows.
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On PC only or including your Xbox? I don't think there is much doubt that gamepass is a pretty great deal for Xbox.
Xbox I don't really game on my pc. But its definitely a games as service thingy like EA Origin access.
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On Xbox there is also EA access which is the console equivalent to Origin Access. I think it’s a pretty good deal if you like their library.
It's also older, and works a bit more smoothly because it's baked into the UI the same way Xbox Gamepass is--which is mildly controversial but does cut down on steps (though not sustainable if there were a bunch of competing services, there just happens to be two right now).
On the Playstation end there is PS Now which is...expensive ($19.99US a month). I think that's hard to argue with. Whether or not the expense is worth it comes down to a few things--the streaming aspect of it leaves a LOT to be desired, but where it works like Xbox Gamepass (downloading a game to console) the experience is much better. It's just that, like EA Access, the library could be bigger.
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They have a huge range of games that aren't made by them on the service.
Rocky and Secret Squirrel probably have it beat, but it's easily above average.
aka that thing I bought Mass Effect 2 offa like six years ago
Although, given the state of Steam and how Valve is evolving as close as it can to being an EA or Activision-Blizzard without being publicly traded, we need a diversification of marketplaces and yet all available options are deeply flawed.
Fortunately enough, everything sort of worked itself out--not the way Tycho (or most of us) expected. EA games work pretty good on Xbox Live, I'd say, and EA Access is pretty good...if you like EA Games.
Microsoft did not buy EA, to no one's surprise. I'm sure they're really kicking themselves over not being liable for however many tens or hundreds of millions of dollars EA paid for the Star Wars license to exclusively produce a whole two deeply beloved and totally uncontroversial games. Or letting Sony heavily promote Mass Effect Andromeda, which ushered in a glorious second Mass Effect golden age that immediately surpassed the first one on Xbox 360.
Seriously, EA's made some boneheaded long term decisions, even by Microsoft's standards. They're not Activision, but that's not high praise.
Also getting all that Sims money would've been pretty sweet I guess