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Machiavellian on 29 July 2014
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KLXVER said:
poklane said:
KLXVER said:
 

Sorry, but I dont see it. Getting 10% off games and DLC is not that good for downloadable games. Physical copies of EA games usually go down in price pretty quickly. Early access is great for people who cant wait I guess and I dont see how paying 90$ a year is great for playing old EA games.

It's $30 a year if you buy a 1 year sub


How are you going to stay online for the games if you dont have XBL?

Why would you need GOLD.  You do not need gold for Netflix, Hulu or any other subscription service any more so I doubt this will be different.  Yes, if you play online you will need GOLD but then again if you play online with any MP game you need gold just like you need PS+.  

Basically this is a way for EA to have their own game subscription service and not have to eat from Sony lunch.  Why is this Xbox one only probably because Sony is selling a competing service with PS Now and when negotiations between Sony and EA happen, this was the result.

If EA is successful with this service this might be a really big problem for PS Now.  Other publishers may want to go down this rout as well which would mean those games would not come out on PS Now.  If PS Now is regulated to only Sony games, it still would not be a bad service but at its current pricing level it would not look good.  Also less content make the service not as inviting or a big sales plus.  Either way, its very interesting this is a exclusive service on the X1 but who knows how things went down during discussions.

Edit:  Hmmm, I wonder if this could also effect Steam as well.  Right now this is console only and Xbox at that but I highly doubt that will be the case in a few years.