EA Access is a system seller.

[DonFerrari]

Jazz2K said:

DonFerrari said:

Jazz2K said:

Yeah the OP is a stretch I agree but the reasoning behind their purchase made me think other people will think the same way. 

Isn't Sony releasing a similar product where you can play Playstation games after you subscribe? But you still have to pay for every games and for a limited time... if this is better for you then good, I think subscriptions will help publishers get more recognition and gamers will be able to acces more games than by buying them separately.

Well, some users love anedoctal evidence... And IF I were a big EA fan and had no prefference towards any of the 3 manufacturers I could see this program being a good value for me and deciding for MS because of it. That may be a small number of people, but there certainly enough to rise sales... Now about people who already plan on getting an X1 this can make they decide faster (well I can buy MCC, TF and have this 5 "free games" for 500...) so that is enough games to jump in.

But regarding the risks of all pubs doing it and how they can start making the program less interesting with time we can't deny the existence... Just hope things don't get too crazy.

I fully understand how bad this could get if publishers decide to make the program less interesting. Like they could lock some content in games for those who did not subscribe and release the locked content like 1 year later. But that practice is already happening, subs have nothing to do with it. Just like releasing a game exclusively to EAA members. That again, no need to look specificaly at subs. Then again, what prevents either Sony or MS to penalize gamers for not subscribing to XBLG or PS+/Now? You already have to pay to play online. I don't see all the doom and gloom around this... except for last gen when only MS had you pay for online play and have access to apps etc.

Well if you understand the risks and know EA common pratices you can see how this could gradually get ugly. And they already mentioned DLC exclusive to EA access haven't they? Yes EA could do several bad things without recurring to EA access, but EA access serves as another instance for bad things...

Regarding GwG and PS+ at least for Sony I'm sure if you downloaded it until you have PS+ (and even if you stay without it for some years and them get it again) the game will always be replayable and redownloadable (not sure if they can take it out of their servers), MS I don't know much, the only thing I saw they change was that before the game was yours to keep even when leaving GwG and now it is just while subscribing (not sure if when renewing after a time off you get access to the older games you had in the previous sub).