It's anti-consumer in the short term. In the long term Sony (obviously) wants a unified service where customers pay once and get all the games from all the publishers (ideally). EA wants to have a split market where every publisher has their own money making service, like they did with Origin in the PC industry. You decide which of these two really sounds anti-consumer.
No matter how they responded, for it or against it, they would get some backlash.
For it? Damn you Sony, we pay enough already!
I'm more surprised to see a first party saying bad things about a just announced offering from a 3rd party partner, that doesn't happen often. They could've just said something else, more neutral, this can't be good for politics lol.
It's awful value for an awful service, but I suspect they weren't even offered the service in the first place.
Maybe they think it directly competes with ps now?
Hmm, such aggressive language from Sony.
So you have Indie games left to play?
If this is successfull every pub will jump on the train and you have the choice between boycotting them or pay 30 per month for 5 subscriptions.
And what's wrong with that if they all offer the same kind of EA Access does?
If Ubi launched an access service and most of their games were available for a similar price to access (£20 for the year), how is that bad for gamers?
Sounds good in theory.
Then in 2015 you have:
PS+ $5 a month
Ubisoft Uberservice $6 a month
EA Access $9 a month (price rise)
EA Online Access $5 a month (online play for EA titles)
Activision COD Pass $10 a month
Activision Destiny Pass $12 a month
Activision Do we make other games? Probably Pass $7 a month
Square Us too Pass $40 a month, $20 extra for games.
And so on.
Personally I'm happy for it to be all under one umbrella, that you have to pay anyway to pay online. Otherwise things could get stupid very fast... and lets face it, with these companies involved you know that it will.
I'm more surprised to see a first party saying bad things about a just announced offering from a 3rd party partner, that doesn't happen often. They could've just said something else, more neutral, this can't be good for politics lol.
Thank god. No matter how noble EAs offering sounds, lets do not forget: This is EA. This company constantly tries to screw customers, not offer them a good deal. ´So I'm happy that this EA poison-vault stays away from PSN.
Sounds good in theory.
Then in 2015 you have:
PS+ $5 a month
Ubisoft Uberservice $6 a month
EA Access $9 a month (price rise)
EA Online Access $5 a month (online play for EA titles)
Activision COD Pass $10 a month
Activision Destiny Pass $12 a month
Activision Do we make other games? Probably Pass $7 a month
Square Us too Pass $40 a month, $20 extra for games.
And so on.
Personally I'm happy for it to be all under one umbrella, that you have to pay anyway to pay online. Otherwise things could get stupid very fast... and lets face it, with these companies involved you know that it will.
It's awful value for an awful service, but I suspect they weren't even offered the service in the first place.
That's a really anti-consumer decision on their part, it's up to consumers to decide whether or not the program represents a good value for them.
I would be a little happy for it because I would like to try ps4 version of the games without using gamefly.
The redboxs' near me do not have ps4/Xb1 games, so I would try this EA service for a month when the games I wanted to play get on there.
What if Activision decided to put Destiny and Call of Duty's multiplayer behind the subscription pay wall? And then EA did that as well? Do you really want to pay for all these separate subscriptions?
People think it's beyond the possibility of happening, but just watch.
It would be kind of funny though.Only one way to find out if EA puts out a statement saying they never offered it to Sony. That would be embarrassing.
Only one way to find out if EA puts out a statement saying they never offered it to Sony. That would be embarrassing.
And that's bad because...?
out of that entire list the only thing that is pretty much manditory is PS+ (unless you do not want to play online) everythign else could be easily ignored if you were unhappy with the offering
I know the new title wouldn't be on there for free.I don't think you're getting fresh new title for free. It will discount the price on new games with free old titles, and EA offers 2 hours limit for early access.
It has the potential to derail PSNow if other publishers/developers decide to offer a similar service.
It also shows up the absurdity of the pricing on PSNow.
Sony looking out for theirs.
That won't happen though. It's an impossible scenario.
out of that entire list the only thing that is pretty much manditory is PS+ (unless you do not want to play online) everythign else could be easily ignored if you were unhappy with the offering
Weird response from them
It's an optional service
But Those PS Now Prices tho lol
Only one way to find out if EA puts out a statement saying they never offered it to Sony. That would be embarrassing.
Currently I pay 120 for the two games I buy each month. So ...
My take on this:
This is PR Speak. If it were to sony they would have EA access, but either they were not offered or MS made a sweet deal to keep it exclusive.
Sony had nothing to lose by having this service, yet they have to play the abandoned boyfriend to keep face.
This is the whole sixaxis no rumble situation all over again.
Sounds good in theory.
Then in 2015 you have:
PS+ $5 a month
Ubisoft Uberservice $6 a month
EA Access $9 a month (price rise)
EA Online Access $5 a month (online play for EA titles)
Activision COD Pass $10 a month
Activision Destiny Pass $12 a month
Activision Do we make other games? Probably Pass $7 a month
Square Us too Pass $40 a month, $20 extra for games.
And so on.
Personally I'm happy for it to be all under one umbrella, that you have to pay anyway to pay online. Otherwise things could get stupid very fast... and lets face it, with these companies involved you know that it will.
I know the new title wouldn't be on there for free.
Good enough for me for $7, that last thing I would want to do is waste more than that to try a game after BF4