Ubisoft interested in EA Access like program, thinks it's good for publisher brands

[Landguy]

bananaking21 said:

Landguy said:
Sounds good to me. Give me the choice and go from there. If Ubisoft doesn't have anything on their service for me, I will not subscribe.

They way it is set up now, it is like cable/satellite TV. I pay for hundreds of channels and only watch 3-5 of them.

Slice up the channels to what people want, and over time, the garbage will be buried and the quality will stay atop.

or you can have one unified account for all publishers to put their games on. 

people are glamoring this "idealistic" concpent that more choices the better, but when it comes to reality and the bottom line, you will end up having to pay every publisher a sub for their old games, and content that was held back to create a false sense of value, like that madden demo. 

Why would you need to buy into so many subscriptions?  Over time, you would only sub to the ones that make sense for you.  The XBlive and PS+ model was never going to last.  THe publishers lose out on those deals.  Just like makers of movies and tv shows.  THey have no way to make extra money in the digital world that way.  So, they need a format that allows them to make money on their content.  THe only way that the XBL or PS+ would work long term is if they provided a XBL+ or PS++ type of service.  It would allow publishers to get some extra $$$ for their game being selected or used(similar to PSNow).   That will be the future anyway.  THe publishers just don't want a bigger chunk of the pie to go to Sony/M$ instead of themselves.