Uhhh....PS+ already gives discounts on games and DLC, full game trials, and free games per month. And it's pretty across the board (meaning, EA games included). Why would you want a publisher specific subscription? What if it blows up? Then there's gonna be an "Activision Access" and "Ubisoft Access" and "Capcom Access". Then there won't be a "point" to PS+...which already does the things that EA Access is going to do.
Yea, it's just PR spin here. No way is the option to have it "not representing a good value", but from a business standpoint, it makes no sense to have a subscription model compete with their own...on their own platform. And it would really undermine all the strides they have made to make PS+ what it is today, because if people start saying EA Access > PS+ (and other publishers follow suit), then PS+ will just revert to "paying to play online" which is something that, in other words, "doesn't represent a good value to the Playstation gamer" because for years, free online is something we've liked and with the PS4, if we have to pay for online, at least we get something in return.
If the only value in PS+ is only to play online, and not the free games, discounts, betas, trials, etc. it'll be just as bad as XBL was before Sony made MS change their tune. That's not good for the Playstation gamer.
I'd rather pay $50 and get free games, discounts, trials, etc. from several publishers, and still get my online....than have to choose between either embracing the "value" of EA Access, and forgoing online.....or spending $60 on XBL and forgoing the discounts, game trials, etc. You need to spend $90 to get both. $50 vs. $90. Which amount sounds better in terms of what you're getting? $50 for online, free games (from several companies), discounts (on games from several companies), full game trials (on games from several company), etc. vs. $90 for online, free games (from several companies), discounts (on EA games), early access (on EA games), etc.
I'll take $50 for everybody over $90 for EA only, every day of the week.
