Puppyroach said:
DerNebel said:
I wouldn't call that restricting just more expenisve. Also I find the EA Access and PS Now comparison pretty silly anyway, they are completely different things.
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Yeah, last time I checked, money can be quite restricting. And I find it funny that so many thinks PS Now can´t be compared to subscription services since it´s all different ways of renting games.
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And since when have we started saying things like: "The X1 is more restricting than the PS4 because it's more expensive"?
Also to be quite frank for a second, anyone that expected similar prices from PS Now to what EA is offering here is an idiot. I mean has anyone ever even thought about the costs that each service means for their company?
EA: Offers older games that have all broken even in their serviece and offer you 10% discounts on new games and DLC, those discounts will only start costing EA something if a user buys several EA games in one month of this subscription and then simply drops it, the plan for EA though is to lure users into renewing the subscription as is the case with every single subscription out there. Overall EA has basically no sunk costs or costs at all here and has to use almost no resources to run the service.
Sony: Offers you to stream games to, in the future, any device with a screen, thus having huge server costs every year. Every single time you stream a game through PS Now you're actively using a service that Sony has to pay for.
The whole EA Access vs PS Now comparison is extremely shortsighted, I mean just look at what the services actually offer:
Stream an older game from a library of different games from different publishers and developers to your PS4, PS3, PSV and later on TV, Smartphone and Tablet for a time that depends on what you pay (a sum which might still need some tweaking) vs. download and play an not quite as old game from EA that EA chooses to let you play for the amount of time that EA chooses to let you play it on your X1 for a fixed subscription.
Seriously the likeness between the 2 services is small at best.
Also, just curious here, why is that EA service not available on PC?