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osed125 on 15 May 2013

Something is strange here...



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bananaking21 on 15 May 2013
pokoko said:
Actually, if they switch to the micro-transaction model, then the Online Pass would only stand in their way. With micro-transactions, they'd want as many people accessing the online portion of their game as possible, used or otherwise. I'd bet my sister's cat that this move highlights the switch to micro-transactions more than it is a response to player feedback.


seeing what they are doing with fifa and what they did with dead space, i see them making a move to microtransitions and a lot of DLC. there are tons of DLC for battlefield, mass effect and dead space. the online pass only gets into the way.



VGKing on 15 May 2013

What Activision games use an online passes? I know Call of Duty doesn't.



animegaming on 15 May 2013

when i get a PS4 next year i am so going to rent battlefield 4



Devil_Survivor on 15 May 2013

I guess losing money, laying off one thousand employees, and having to fire your CEO can change mind about something really fast :P lol.

Good for you EA!



 

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darkknightkryta on 15 May 2013

I wonder if those passes really brought in money.



MonstaMack on 15 May 2013

I'm confused?
EA is doing something good?
Something isn't right...?



It's just that simple.

chapset on 15 May 2013

EA is one of the best third party out there, they are doing this because they realize that their fans didn't like it



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green_sky on 15 May 2013

Good. I buy my games new but i do sometimes sell/trade them in. Games with online pass really take a hit with resale value. So yea this is good news.



kupomogli on 15 May 2013
chapset said:
EA is one of the best third party out there, they are doing this because they realize that their fans didn't like it

I agree EA is one of the best third party developers out there, but I doubt they're doing this just because fans didn't like it.  They're doing it because people who boycot sales just because it's an EA game with online pass.  Unfortunately it won't matter when people a lot of people boycot EA regardless, but atleast it's something that looks like they're doing something for the consumer base.