I can see this service being great in 3 years time. Unless they start adding old EA games, then it could be worth it now.

Go find those games for the X1 under 30 bucks.. go.. goooo.. why are you still here?

I would have thought you would make an argument to buy the yearly franshises and sell them to gamestop when the new versions our out.. ;)
joking aside, isn't this a bit worrying for a company like gamestop? people not selling back their old Madden/Fifa copies?

My point is, your mind is made up. There is no sense in arguing back and forth for pages when nothing is going to change.  YOu dont have to think it is a good deal and youre allowed to feel that way.

The internet doesnt speak for everybody.  They do make very popular games.  Its like CoD.  It gets trashed on the internet, yet everybody seems to buy it anyways.

Sounds like a great deal, and I guess these subscription services will grow. I am not a huge fan of these things since I prefer the 360 model where you actually get to keep games, but this is also good.

Im not above changing my mind though.

Im not saying people shouldnt get this. I just dont see the "great deal" many claims it to be. 

If they think its great, then go for it.

People in general are ignorant to a fault. Most people read about this sort of thing, think about the entry cost, and instantly fall for it like well trained, gullible little circus animals. They can't see the big picture even if you laid it out in front of them.

Companies like EA, they want to take the games out of your hands. That's what they want and they're trying anything they can to achieve this goal. Why? Because most of their games are sports titles and sports titles are the ones that get traded into Gamestop or sold on Ebay the most. This hurts their bottom line. Instead of developing better games that people want to hold onto, they'd rather continue with their profit margins as is and find a way to prevent you from doing what you want with the half assed game you bought.

So what's better than this deal? Create an all you can eat model which prevents second hand sales by manipulation (low price point up front). It's the definition of consumer manipulation and most people are too ignorant to ever notice.

Personally, I want to own what I play and do what I want with it. That copy of Madden? It will run for however long I want it to run for. It won't be inaccessible in 10 years when EA is done with the servers and if I don't want it anymore? Bam, an easy $40.00 on Ebay that I can put toward gas, food, other games, movies or that hot girl at work I want to bang lol. 

Subscription services are a scam and only pay off for a very small amount of people. The majority of people end up spending more and don't even realize it.

Wow that's so aweome! 

This is actually bad for Gamestop. The share price fell 7% after hearing the news and currently is about 5% down.

I'm still waiting for the day EA announces their own console. I don't care for EA, but I just have this gut feeling that they want to do their own console. It would be very interesting. It would be the only place to get madden, that alone would be pretty big.