EA have already harmed the industry, nothing new.

My concern with this, besides the almost inevitable Activision Plus and Ubisoft Live etc., is the potential for EA Access Premium, Activision Plus Plus and Ubisoft Livelier. Don't tell me one of them isn't going to try.

He, like usual, mentioned the same concerns everyone has been voicing so nothing new (good value but what if everyone does it/they impose value etc) but it's good to hear it spoken by a critical voice so the creators of it hear it.

What did you expect? That publishers would look at the easy money MS and Sony are making with Live and PS+ and simply ignore it. You can cry as much as you want, after MS also Sony went full speed ahead to push games as something like a service. Despite personally having no interest in any of those "services" including Live and PS+, I think it´s great that they start getting some competition in this regard. PS+, especially when it comes to PS4, has become really bad with indy games as highlights, let´s see if they start putting more effort in their "service" because it´s looking more and more like an overpriced entry-fee to play online.

So, on XOne, for $60 I can play Guacamelee, Crimson Dragon and Strike Suit Zero.

On PS4, for $50 I can play Strider, Towerdall Ascension, Fez and Road Not Taken.

EA Access, for $30 I can play Madden, FIFA, Battlefield 4 and Peggle.

I wonder which of these is the best deal.

Unfortunately, owners of either console must have their respective subscription services, otherwise content will be blocked off, taken away, and they will not be able to enjoy their purchase to the fullest (Point Sterling is making about "possible" turn of events in EA Access).

So, people are willing to accept that they are obliged to pay $60 to EA, Ubi, Activision, 2K or whomever else, but then are paywalled by MS or Sony and unless they pony up subscription money they cannot access or use content already purchased.

And all of the sudden, EA is the bad guy for offering a choice for people that like those specific games.

If you want to preserve the doom and gloom of gaming industry's future, the finger should be squarely pointed towards Microsoft and their Gold subscription ages ago.
But no, gamers accepted it, bought it abundantly, eventually allowing Sony to do exactly the same.
And rather than PS fans rebelling against it, subscription is up 200%.

So, now EA is bad and money-hungry, and threatens to ruin the industry because they are just following the models already existing (and apparently working rather well).

Had gamers rebelled against Microsoft, and told them to stuff their Gold sub where the sun doesn't shine, and purchased a competing console last gen, we would not be here.
Had gamers rebelled against Sony and told them to stuff their PS+ required for online on PS4, we would not be here.

Now it's too late. Gamers have been conditioned, and we will see more and more of these services.

However, the industry survived Gold, it is obviously doing well with PS+ in place. It will continue to do well with EA, or any other subscription service.

And gamers still, as with Gold and PS+, have a choice to pick and choose any, all or none for their enjoyment.
Once you see a publisher getting greedy and offering substandard service, cancel your subscription and force them to change.
Don't just click "purchase", and then complain about it on internet forums.

At the half point of the year i'm at 450 euro's just spending on games software...
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=175377
I would trade it in for a few subscriptions.. Sure.. Its renting and i won't own the games but Lets be honest.. 80% of the crap i buy i won't replay.. Ever

Trade in? It may be crap you don't want but someone might want it and it allows you to get another game at a reduced cost.

Unless you are downloading everything then... well. Nevermind.

Yikes, reminds me of that other recent thread where someone ignored all the good things we know about EA Access and focused only on possible negative outcomes that might maybe one day eventually happen maybe.

lol @ people worrying about content being locked behind a publisher based subscription. That's not a way to boost subscriptions, that's a way to boost business for other publishers as people move away from your game. And idk why people keep saying EA is locking a demo behind a paywall. Madden 25 doesn't have a next gen demo either. Neither does 90% of other next gen games. And they aren't giving Access subscribers a demo, it's apparently a 5 day trial of the full game, minus Ultimate Team.

You know, the same thing they used to do with EA Season Ticket last gen, and still put demos out. It sucks that there's no demo, but it's looking like it has nothing to do with EA Access. Publishers just don't fuck around with demos this gen for some reason.

He actually makes a good point. EA wouldn't want to piss off the retailers so games could be carved up to keep everybody happy. In the end you will be paying more to get the same.

Another thing I noticed is that Titanfall isn't part of the 10% deals. Is this a sign that all new releases or games that are selling well will not be part of the discount. If that is so, then the 10% discount is pretty useless unless they decide to keep the price high at retail to make the 10% the cheapest option. Again consumer loses.

What people need to understand is that EA are doing this to make MORE money. So if it looks like it's going to be cheaper for the consumer, it isn't. There is alternate motives behind this that we do not know about. Again, EA wouldn't create a whole new service for them to lose money.

I was on the fence about EA access before but that vid has made a few things click into place.

The first step in to never owning a game again. idk alot of what ifs from that guy. and EA is NOT trustworthy at all.