EA Access subscription service coming to PS4

[Mr Puggsly]

setsunatenshi said:

LudicrousSpeed said:
About time Sony wised up on this.

It is a good value if you’re into EA titles. Hell, any time you’re going to buy an EA title that costs $60, you save a dollar by buying a month of EA Access for $5 and then saving $6 on that title with the 10% discount.

except to save a dollar this month, most people will be spending 5 the next month for nothing, and the month after that, and so on until years later when they realize they added a new "rent" to their lives with very little to show for.

it's the same reason why I personally don't like the games pass model of business from Xbox, there's no incentive to make quality games if the customer is already paying a rent for them whether they are good or bad

Most revenue is still generated from selling the games, not subscription services. Therefore the quality is concern for selling games and getting people to stay subscribed.

Gamepass in particular also offers a curated selection of notable games. So maybe if you don't like a new game, you could find some other critically acclaimed game on the service.

EA Access gives about 6-10 hours of play on newly released games. That means you can try them pretty thoroughly before you commit $60.

You can downplay these services, but they're objectively pretty great even if they don't necessarily appeal to you. They're competitive services that offer more than I ever expected from these types of subscription services.