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

[Landguy]

The Fury said:

Landguy said:

Doubt that it will be a negative.  Sony will jump on board at some point(PS+).  They don't want to miss out on the money train.  Also, eventually the PS4 owners will clamor for this too.  Sony didn't do the EA Access because they wanted the control.  THey didn't do it becasue it was better for gamers or saved money for the gamers either.  Sony wanted control of the $$$.

If they wanted to control the $$$ wouldn't they allow it and just get a certain amount of commission? That way, with PS+, normal sales and EA Access, they can control even more avenues of generating income. This seems as simple as it is a form of competition to PS+ (so won't miss out on your money train) and they really did think it would start something bad (idea of this entire thread) and so said no to it.

The "start something bad" isn't about consumers.  It's about making their service less valuable for them.  EAA and the many other versions that will come from the other publishers only devalue the PS+ service.  MOST electronics manufacturers make very small margins on their electronics nowadays - Sony included.  Those margins are consistantly getting smaller all the time.  Sony is looking at this in the long term.  They want to hook you into their proprietary system just like Apple or M$ or Google.  They know that once you amass a big enough amount of content, you are stuck keeping their service so you don't lose your content.  IF they allow EA or Origin or whoever to give you your content, you are no longer stuck with their proprietary system.  You would be a free agent.  THe likely scenario in the future, your EA account will allow you access on any device to your EA content.  If that happens, your ties to M$/Sony/Apple/Google  are eliminated.  Sony is pointing at the trees, hoping you won't see the forest...