Jim Ryan interview on PS4, Ea access and 10M units sold

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MoHasanie said:
I like how they're not arrogant even though they are in first place by a large margin.
Still don't understand their explanation for not having EA access. PS+ has gained so many more subscriptions since they made it a requirement to play online. Sony shouldn't be too worried about EA access competing with their own service.

I do not think that is it, what i think they are worried about and rightly so is if that service takes off, it give more of the "Toll position" to the other publisher's instead of your own, now imagine if all 3rd party publisher's do that! it becomes a bidding war to ever has the largest check book, vs any of the publisher's but on a much larger scale to shift priority to ones that pay a large sum of cash to do so, imagine if all of them does it!

In direct comp. vs Nintendo or Microsoft Sony would not have the funds to directly compete based on cash on hand, by choosing not to play that game with EA , it may in effect Give Microsoft an edge, but in that option it was going to be that way anyway. Right now with Playstation + Sony is choosing to put it as priority and let the install base force EA: hands.

Yes it could very well do awesome on the xboxone, but to avoid a upfront bidding war where Sony would not be able to win , Sony is atleast making sure any money that goes through will still be from playstation+ sub's instead of further split. and than Split again, and Again further splitting income split with other main large publisher's that go this route, at least with many Indies, it make it more viable to make sure they go through Sony's service over EA or other publisher's.

That i think is the real point would EA really leave a 10+ million install base for the games they produce for a service tied to one they create , that are asking a publisher directly to pay up or we will give priority to other platforms 1st, the point is thats already being done, this just would allow EA to direct more money from Sony in order to get the way EA wants it in best terms for EA , Not Sony!

Which would compound the issue is if the other large 3rd party Publisher's do  say the very same thing EA is doing, that means much higher licenceing from EA, Ubisoft, Square etc..one of which a cash strapped company Like Sony could not really be choosing to pay out upfront, thus who would Sony have to increase prices on just to recover those cost's?

thats right the Consumer. One of which Sony was not willing to do and ask more consumer's to pay even more for other publisher subscriptions on top of the one's they already pay on without atleast Sony getting 1st priority instead of EA, UBISOFT ETC.

iTS ABOUT NOT LETTING A FREAKING FOX IN THE D@MN HEN HOUSE!