Not every gamer is a hardcore gamer and a lot of them play sports and multiplatform games. It's not like games like Bloodborn or Scalebound are mainstream enough people will rush to buy consoles for those games. Here NHL is very popular and most of the time people go for the cheapest one.

Yea why not?

Because it started with just games behind the paywall, already theyve moved demos which were once free behind this paywall, probably only a matter of time before they put Multiplayer of new games behind this paywall. Its a fucking slippery slope where they try to add value not by actually adding new things, but taking away things that were once free for everyone. 

For along time live pretended it was adding value by putting things like Netflix behind its paywall, thankfully MS reversed that decision to try and remain competitive. But Ea are blazing a new trail of publisher subs, so expect heavy tons of shit to follow. 

Hopefully thats just being pesimistic, but this is EA here and and if other publishers follow it will be very crap indeed. 

I don't believe that for a second. $100 a year (XBL+EAA) is not exactly affordable if you truly have a limited budget. Much better and cheaper to get games from gamefly or buy them used for a few bucks. Granted $30 a year is not a lot of money but it is if you have a limited budget. Every dollar counts and I have a hard time seeing someone that does, that's not just a kid with an allowance taking that kind of gamble and investing in a very expensive console just for that service that given EA's history and earned title of worst company in the gaming industry seems like a dangerous gamble. Especially when there are better and cheaper ways to get games that arn't restricted to a single publisher and require the purchase of an entirly new console that has weaker hardware and much less game support.

You see I think the other way. I don't like to pay for mmos except for the entry price. But paying a subs to have unlimited access to content is great value imo. It's like Skype vs phone companies. Skype offers unlimited calls in the same country for a cheap price while phone companies make you pay monthly to call in the same city and pay more to call everywhere else... (I live in Canada). To me it's better to pay once and play the games you want.

I'm pretty sure there paying for the games in the Vault (hence why he said they were taking the plunge with the addition of NFS Rivals in the Vault) -______-

Careful, this is what they dont like to hear.

How is this "games behind a paywall" exactly? It's not like you can't buy these games otherwise. And you guys like to be pessimistic about anything.  Some people see value behind this service and they don't constantly spell doom and gloom.

I'm already glade I bought a year of EA Access instead of the 1 month. (Why pay more over the long run? )

Let me explain this to you. Who will wont to play Fifa 14 when Fifa 15 will be released in a few week (Sept 18th). Who wants to play Madden 25 when madden 15 was just released couple of weeks ago? It is a demo since you are getting access to the game for a limited time (6 hours), then you need pay the full price to get the full game. What will six hours do for you when you play upcoming BF game online where i can use the 6 hours in 1-2 day!!!!

It is not a system  seller and i am betting that it will fail.

On a second note, maybe such a service would push Sony to provide better games for PS+.