Sony: EA Access Doesn't "Represent Good Value To The PlayStation Gamer"

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Wiped said:

WRONG

PS+ has something called 'The Instant Game Collection'. That means that when you join, you IMMEDIATELY get to download all of the games in that collection, as well as the monthly games. Montly games come and go, but the instant game collection remains. Off the top of my head at the moment it's got Uncharted Vita and Sly 4 in it I think.

Anyway, to those supporting EA Access - it's a terrible idea. And I say this as a PS+ subscriber and fan. Why? Because where does it end? First EA, then Ubisoft, Activision, Capcom... before you know it, you're spending half or even 75% of your yearly gaming budget on subscriptions and not buying any new games. In ten or 15 years down the line, and all your subs have long since lapsed, what have you got? Nothing. A subscription service like PS+ is fine as an addition but when every games company wants to do it, it's too much.

The real casualty will be smaller games. How are new IPs and big new games supposed to break through when people are just playing whatever EA (or whoever) decide you should play in your subscription? Noone will go to the store and take a chance on a new title, they'll just play what they're given.

I don't like this current industry direction which removes all notions of ownership, either.

Um.. No.. "Instant Game Collection" is the free monthly games available on PS+. Not a bunch of games plus the monthly games.. What changed is now its JUST monthly games, and not ones that are a few months at a time(some games stayed, while others went)..  Where you could often get a 3-4 titles for PS3 and Vita.. Starting in June.. it was JUST 2 titles per platform and that is it..  PS Vita, PS3, PS4..  6 games in total.. 2 per platform..   

There is no collection of games you get PLUS the monthly offerings.. it's just the monthly games.