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irstupid on 30 July 2014
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TheBlackNaruto said:
NiKKoM said:
TheBlackNaruto said:
Since this thread is STILL going strong I see I will just say what I said again. It is better to just wait and see how this plays out because NONE OF US have enough information on this service to make an accurate judgement on it. We have NO idea how this will all work out. So until then how about we just chill and see how things plays out

Were is the fun in that? Next month we're gonna bash the PS5 and the XboxUnlimited


LOL from what I am seeing you have a good point and more than likely are correct lol. Because I can't see any real logical reason for all the back and forth when NO ONE even knows how this will work. Heck $30 a year for an ENTIRE backlog is SUPER cheap and that would mean MS/EA would be coming out of some money to make this happen so where will they make up for that money? How many games a year? Are the games only available for that month or do you only get a limited amount of time with those games? Is there a set number of hours you can play a game per month or year? How big will the downloads of the game be? I can keep going and going on so many questions lol. But what is the point in thinking like that lol.....there is no fun in that!

May i ask how EA is out of money for doing this?  They get $30 a year from a crap load of people doing this.  It's all old games that are not selling.  EA is not making a dime anymore on Madden 25.  They have sold all they are ever going to sell for that game.  Probably the same for many other games out there.  People still buying those games are buying USED versions or even if they are new, they are just dwindling stock in the store.  I highly doubt Best Buy or other stores are ordering many new shipments of these old games.

So all this is doing is basically hurting gamestop or other used game stores.  No reason to buy a used copy of any EA game ever again becuase it will most likely be available on EA Access by the time people are buying used copies of said game.  

I'm suprised Gamestop didn't go down further in stock price from this announcement.  I mean imagine Madden or Battlefield 4 sitting on their shelves for $40 or $30 used.  If I was a consumer would I buy that one used game or buy EA access and have access to 4-5 games for that same price, or just $5 for a month if I don't want to spend a whole $30.

This announcement basically made all EA games used game sales become non-existant for the most part.