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

[TheBlackNaruto]

irstupid said:

TheBlackNaruto said:

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.  

Well if they are giving EVERY game they release every year to the subscription the following year then wouldn't that hurt EA money wise? For instance why buy the next Fifa, the next BF or Madden when they come out if all I have to do is wait til the following year and get all of them for $30? So EA would essentially be getting $30 as opposed to say $180(not including taxes of course). And of course this will hurt used game sells there is no denying that. 

From the games currently available they are not "old" games they are games that are only about a year old. Fifa 14, Madden 25, BF4 heck those are the latest games in their respective series. Heck some of them are not even a year old yet Madden 25 and Fifa 14 for example. So yeah I can see them losing more money than they would gain. Great value for consumers without a doubt though. Because I can save over $150 a year to play these games now.