There is currently only a dozen EA games for the Xbox one so they must not be planning on adding a lot of more titles, either that or they are planning on adding recent titles in which case the service is certainly a steal. whatever the plan the pricing is a bargain so it will be interesting to see how the service develops.

I'm not disagreeing. However the Now vs EA Access comments could quickly build into a flame war.

I think its important to analyze the similarities / differences between the two than to simply say Sony's price should reflect EA's model. They are different.

As I've stated I do agree 100% that Sony needs to get the pricing down, but it likely won't ever be able to compete with the pricing of a direct download service as the inherint cost is much higher. Its especially costly to stream a game as the technology needs to be MUCH higher than streaming just video content. Input lag on a movie / show means nothing as you have zero direct control over the content, its just simply displayed. Gaming needs very high end infrastructure to stream as a heavy amount of input lag will litteraly make the service unusable.

30$ for 10% off games and DLC is not a great deal unless you buy like 6 EA games a year...

Think you are not grasping the scope of this. EA's back catalogue is far........far more then Battlefield and yearly sports titles. To be able to play any of them at your leisure, most without Gold, is a amazing plus.

Again, Live Gold or PS Plus for multiplayer, is seperate, and implied.

What old games. Its just XB1 games...

Oh. Well this is awkward :P. Thought gen 7 games were going to be in too. Granted this news is only a few hours old so any misinterpretation this early is expected.

That said, this catalogue will only grow. And core gamers are allready subbing to Live Gold and PS Plus for multiplayer in general/free games, so yes, this should not be factored in to the pricing as it is seperate. Leave that tired gen 7 argument in gen 7 please.

It might be good 3 years from now, but right now its not very good imo. Its EA, so I assume the bare minimum every time they talk about a deal.

Too many comparisons with PSNow imo, this seems like more of a reaction to games with gold and PS+. I would not be surprised if EA was given a list of how many times their games were downloaded on the instant games collection and games with gold and they seen a market for it.

One last thing from me

There's nothing wrong with not wanting / not being interested in this service. If you aren't someone who plays a lot of EA titles there's really very little reason to invest in EA Access. Any argument I've made about the quality of the service is in regards to people that enjoy EA franchises and like to play their games / get DLC for them. For that audience this sub is very cool and plenty worth it, but most likely not to someone that has no interest to their games.

If you love older sports titles, then I guess...