It should speak volumes to you that EA got that title with some of the US companies out there. I do find it funny you are talking about gamers complaining about a luxury item and you are on here doing the exact same thing for hours each day.

You are here talking about how EA is giving you such a great deal and not going to do some of these things  people are worried about. But they have shown repeatidly to not give a shit about their customers. Being a former big time Battlefield player (bf3) and Madden player. I speak from expirence. Battlefield 4 was one of the worst bug riddled games and still to this day has MANY bugs still in it. They didnt have any problem collecting money from premium members, dlc purchasers, early people that bought the game. They gave nothing to each make up for it. Madden hasnt changed in YEARS.. I do hope you actually read the link i sent as opposed to just blowing it off and continuing to believe EA has got your back.

I do talk about it as a hobby. The only people that should take gaming or other entertainment mediums seriously are whom their lives and professional careers depend on them.

In a place where Monsanto, Black Water and other companies of that caliber are placed EA has no business to be mentioned.

Gamers are one of the weakest minded group I deal with.

Where did I say EA has my back? LOL

/conversation

You have been repeatidly through this thread for hours. So arguing with all sorts of people about why your piece of plastic is better. So it appears to me that its a bit more than a hobby. Also to the weakest minded group you defending plastic so....

Your wording/actions suggest so. Defending the product and the company. Saying you are interested in becoming a member of the service implies you on trust them and the service. If you trust them then you obviously have to believe they have your back and are not going to betray that trust. 

You still havent stated as to if you actually read the link i posted.

They can betray my trust once. I will use a store card to make purchases.

I don't want to talk about piece of plastic now. That's not my style anymore.

Nice talking to you man.

@ the bolded, that's exactly what EA Access is. We have the ability with cable television to only buy certain channels like HBO or Showtime. Or even if we aren't subscribers, we can digitally buy seasons of shows we want.

Is HBO Go bad for consumers? Has it killed the industry? Your post reads like you prefer customers having more choice and freedom on how they buy content. EA Access doesn't affect any of that. It's actually the exact opposite of what you're implying is wrong with cable.

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You have to subscribe to either mid or high tiered cable packages before premium channels are available to be bought. You dont just "get" HBO Go or Showtime Anywhere or Watch ESPN. You must already have an active subscription via a cable provider. I cant just buy a la cart channels. Do you know how cable television works? You must initially buy a package to even have access to premium channels. You cant just download HBO Go without logging into your uverse or comcast account. Again it is value masked behind subscription. This is what is going to happen if publishers create these access points. This is why sony not allowing EA Access is good. Its complete bullshit as to why they said they didnt want it, it had nothing to do with protecting value or consumers it was to maintain their PS+ value but nontheless what it is preventing is in gamers best interest regardless of their motive. 

Yeah, you can digitally buy seasons, after they air. Thats like saying you can buy games only 8 months after they release.

The problem is youre viewing EA Access in a vacuum as if it will and could only exist as it stands. The patriot act was supposed to make us safer and was necessary to collect intel and when people raised their voices about privacy rights it was brushed off and oopsie all the "tin foil hat wearers" were right. You need to step back and realize none of these companies care about you, me or anyone besides their bottom line and stop giving them the benefit of the doubt.

If you create a system of publisher driven access you will eliminate consumer choice. The same way as cable companies subsidize the 1200 channels no one watches to mask value for the 8-10 channels people want. The reason we pay $80-$100 a month for cable subscription is because the content providers know if we could only pay for ESPN, AMC, HBO or the few channels each consumer wants they wouldnt make money, the same as publishers are struggling now. So what they do is introduce a subscription service to eventually lock out games in the future unless you subscribe.....sure youll get access to dozens of games but youre not going to be able to simply buy the one or two games a year and be done with it. Youll need to subscribe to have access to buy those one or two games the same as we have to subscribe to 1400 channels to earn the right to pay $15 a month for HBO.

Honestly if you cant see whats coming with this I dont know what else I can say.

I do talk about it as a hobby. The only people that should take gaming or other entertainment mediums seriously are whom their lives and professional careers depend on them.

In a place where Monsanto, Black Water and other companies of that caliber are placed EA has no business to be mentioned.

Gamers are one of the weakest minded group I deal with.

Where did I say EA has my back? LOL

/conversation

I Sub to Netflix.  I also sub to Amazon.

Lots of the same content on each.  Also, lots of different content.

THis isn't about preferences.  This is about reality.  Content creators get screwed by closed systems.  The money goes to a middle man(Sony/M$).  I would rather that the content creator gets the $$$.

Don't let M$ and Sony fool you, they want you to think that it is better for you.  In reality, it is better for them.  It locks you into their system.  In 5-10 years, you will have invested so much money into their system, you will have a hard time walking away even if there is a better system out there.  

Also, in 5-10 years, there will not be a need for a specefic console brand.  You will just buy the content and use whatever hardware you want.  That is why Sony is against this.  They are playing the long term value, not the short term.  They were doing that with the PS3 and the cell processor, but it didn't go the way they wanted.  Now, with development being done on the X86 platform, they will have no control long term without controlling the interface.  M$ wants this too, that is why they wanted the DRM.  Their system has been a dissapointment for them, so they have to do whatever to keep people in the Xbox universe(better to give up some things than give it all up).