Cyhwuhx Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 EA Play (EA Access) EA Play (formerly EA Access on consoles and Origin Access on PC) is a subscription-based video game service from Electronic Arts for the Microsoft Xbox One, Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows PCs, offering access to selected games published by Electronic Arts along with additional incentives. Click on the link below to see the games in the vault https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EA_Play#Games_in_the_Vault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacehost Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 $29.99 for four games isn't bad at all. I know it's per year, but still, you're not going to play FIFA 14 and NFL25 next year are you? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyhwuhx Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 $29.99 for four games isn't bad at all. I know it's per year, but still, you're not going to play FIFA 14 and NFL25 next year are you? It kind of confirms that EA was totally pumped for the original "dead second hand" Xbox One vision. So now they're going at it alone. Not that I care, I'm all digital myself. It does make me realise just how little interest I have in EA games in general. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Pot Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Now this could be interesting. I would LOVE a Netflix style subscription for games. Now, I know we probably wont get a catchall for all games, but if each publisher does it, it could end up driving down prices. I would happily fork out £5 a month per publisher for games. Currently in looking at approx £500 in games between September and December. If I could get them all in a series of subs that cost a total of a few hundred a year (split over different publishers), id be all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p1nseeker Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Why is it only on the bone? I'm interested in playing Madden but not enough to cough up £50. So to play for a few quid a month for a couple of months would be ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyhwuhx Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Why is it only on the bone? I'm interested in playing Madden but not enough to cough up £50. So to play for a few quid a month for a couple of months would be ideal. Because Sony has PS+ which does the same thing but for multiple publishers. Microsoft is still playing catch-up there and probably welcomed EA to do it themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangle Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 But Microsoft has Games on Gold? Though I imagine they've probably been in talks with Microsoft about this for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyhwuhx Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 But Microsoft has Games on Gold? Though I imagine they've probably been in talks with Microsoft about this for a while. They do, but it's not exactly on par with PS+. Yet. This would help tide them over instead of going to individual publishers to broker deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eighthours Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 So will this only be for select games (ie. pretty useless) or a full service which gives you access to every new EA game after it comes out of beta? I can't really see them doing the latter, but it would be truly superb value if they did. £60 a year... I'd be all over that. EDIT: Ah, I didn't read the annual charge after the monthly one. No chance of what I was hoping for, at £30 a year! But that's so little that the perks and savings make it worth the outlay anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Birds Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 So will this only be for select games (ie. pretty useless) or a full service which gives you access to every new EA game? I can't really see them doing the latter, but it would be truly superb value if they did. £60 a year... I'd be all over that. It's older games - and so far, yearly franchises which have new instalments due in a couple of months. To me it looks like an attempt to nix pre-owned sales as these games reach the end of their cycle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nespresso Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Oh EA... Just get your games back on Steam and watch that internet money pour in. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudley Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 You know for EA this works more than most. Because a huge portion of EA's output is sports. Fifa, Madden, NBA, NHL.... And that's EXACTLY the kind of thing I'd love to be able to just subscribe to a rolling update of. Every year Fifa 15 effectively replaces Fifa 14 in a way that's not the case with say, Metal Gear or Tomb Raider. But as Rain Birds points out, these are the soon to be old versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nespresso Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 This article on Polygon raises some interesting points regarding this 'new' subscription based model. We may complain about this in the comments, but the reality of the situation is that this is the future we've built. We support this new age of limited ownership, of products that exist at the pleasure of the publishers and developers. We spend money on games and services, we prop up the minimum viable products that we like and support their ongoing development. We talk about convenience when we buy digitally, and we worry about things like pre-loading so we can play the moment the game is out, but we're ultimately discussing impermanence. The stacks of NES games that I can still put in my system to play, the PlayStation One games that still work on my first-generation PlayStation 2, these are all relics for a time that has passed. We're not buying anymore, and EA is showing us the next step towards our rented future. This future comes with benefits, and we may save some money, but let's also understand what we're giving up, and why. This is the way forward; the way of the future. Your kids won't mind that they don't own their games, they won't know any other reality. The rest of us will worry about what it all means, as we pay for the next piece of content that will blow away like sand the moment the Xbox Two is released, or will fade from memory as we hook up our PlayStation Fives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ KNIGHT XIII Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 But if this same deal applies to EA's 2015 output, this could be a blinding deal if you are into your sports games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudley Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Yeah, it rather depends if Fifa 15 makes its way onto this in October 2014 or July 2015 doesn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafaqat Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 You'd have to wonder why they wouldn't stick FIFA 15 on pretty much immediately. They'd rather get subscriber numbers pumped up fast before MS get them with a similar scheme, I'd have thought. I'd rather it had been one subscription per platform holder but I guess that isn't going to happen anytime soon. Actually. What WOULD be ace if it's per publisher would be if it straddled more than just one platform. That would suit me juuuuust fine. One less reason to tie you to one platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdn2 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 They'll never put FIFA 15 up immediately. They have a guaranteed userbase who buy each and every iteration on release. They'd only be eating into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Yeah, it rather depends if Fifa 15 makes its way onto this in October 2014 or July 2015 doesn't it? No. Absolutely not. FIFA is £50 game brand new. You can't expect them to chuck it in with a bunch of other games on launch for as little as £4 (guess!) a month. That would make absolutely no sense. This isn't for the day one boys. This is for people who want to play games they wouldn't normally play but don't want to pay full whack for them. We get an incredible deal, EA get money for what would have been a second hand sale, it's fucking perfect. I'm really excited about this. You'd have to wonder why they wouldn't stick FIFA 15 on pretty much immediately Because FIFA sells millions at £50 a pop. What is all this crazy talk? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaffewE Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 http://www.ea.com/uk/news/ea-announces-ea-access-coming-to-xbox-one http://www.ea.com/eaaccess/en_GB Confirmation of UK price there... £3.99 a month (though it says £4.99 in one place, which I'm guessing is just forgetting to change a number in the copy!), or £19.99 a year. Which is remarkably lower than expected! EA Access membership unlocks The Vault, a collection of EA’s biggest games on Xbox One ready for you to download and play. During the beta, gamers will have unlimited access to four great EA games: EA SPORTS FIFA 14, EA SPORTS Madden NFL 25, Peggle 2 and Battlefield 4™, with more titles being added soon. That’s over £100 worth of games for £3.99 a month. You can play these EA favourites as much as you want with the click of a button. We have partnered with Microsoft to deliver EA Access, an all-new monthly (or annual) membership for gamers exclusively on Xbox One that starts at just £3.99 a month. The service is being rolled out in beta to a limited number of players today, but it will launch for everyone on Xbox One soon. You can join EA Access for just £4.99 per month, or you can purchase an annual membership for £19.99 per year on Xbox LIVE®. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deKay Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 That's cheap, but it's another move towards renting games rather than buying them. Also, I don't think I've ever spent more than £20 on EA games in a single year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcafarley Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Can't really see how anyone can complain too much about this, looks like a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mike Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Polygon sucking the corporate cock. Who'd have guessed? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangle Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 That's cheap, but it's another move towards renting games rather than buying them. If renting is the future, at this price, then sign me the fuck up. Polygon sucking the corporate cock. Who'd have guessed? Let's not forget Polygon's amazing review of Sim City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deKay Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 If renting is the future, at this price, then sign me the fuck up. Depends on the company. As I said, £20 a year is more than I currently pay to *own* EA games. Nintendo or Ubisoft though, and I might think differently. EDIT: In fact, since the start of 2013, I've spent 66p on EA games. Since the start of 2012, it's about £17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozy The Clown Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 They need a new revenue stream since E3 showed they have very little coming out in the next 12- 18 months. Seems like a bargain but I wouldn't expect new titles to be added for at least 6 to 9 months after release and as for adding titles over time what have they got to add ? NFS Rivals and a wonky Bruce Lee game ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangle Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I bet they've some 'HD' ports in the pipeline which they could throw out to increase the available titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yewone Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Despite being a hoarder of physical games, I have to admit that's the perfect price point for this kind of service. Just wish Nintendo would do something similar for its virtual console stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshimax Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I bet they've some 'HD' ports in the pipeline which they could throw out to increase the available titles. Id pay £19.99 a year just for burnout revenge HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradigor Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I really hope they branch out to other platforms soon too. I'd happily pay £4 a month for access to nearly out of date sports titles and older EA games. If this does end up being the future and certain games basically become a subscription service like Netflix, then, yeah, I am happy with that. I'd still buy NHL because I have a full interest in the sport and the game, but I likely won't buy FIFA and Madden year in year out and thus don't care for the rosters as much, so being a year behind the hardcore, whilst still playing other likeminded people online sounds good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 FIFA 15 won't go on this at the start, but it probably will require it if you want to play online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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