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[1st Course]

Wow actually sounds great. Really smart move from EA.

 

[SiKotikJ30]

As much as I am not a fan of EA, I still buy/play some of their games...this seems like a great deal to me and I definitely think I'll be taking advantage of it once it is fully out there. I would like some more details, of course, but from what I've read so far...sounds great.

 

[Malio]

No thanks. Still buying my EA games off Ebay and Gamefly used.

#suckitEA

 

[gamechanger87]

Same as Netflix...

Which is a failure as a business model... /s

 

[John Caboose]

Definitely interested. I'll sit back and see how it plays out to start with and maybe jump in later once the vault is bigger and more games are out.

I wonder if "the vault" games are available on your home console when you're not signed in. Should be but you never know.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Vault begging = ban?

lmfao

 

[funkystudent]

Why doesnt EA try this hard with Origin... so people actually give a shit about Origin?

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Lol does it? PS gets 2 new games per month and XB gets 1. That unprecedented value.

Anyway this is frankly amazing. I'm signing up asap.

Isn't XB1 GwG getting two new games next month?

 

[Xando]

Shame its not on Playstation, would buy in a heartbeat.

 

[Z_Y]

Plus Internet connection and Xbox Live.

As someone that only buys used games, no thanks.

Plus electricity, plus mortgage, plus food for sustenance...



Pretty sneaky, EA!

 

[unbias]

Agreed. If Games with Gold is comparable then this will blow.

Well, their goal is to become a "games as a service" company, so if they want to be that, then they sure as hell need to do more then MS or Sony, imo.

 

[Natureboy99]

If they give you the latest Madden every year, every single Madden player would jump in. I usually get 1 Madden per console generation, with this price I might just get it every year.

 

[The Cowboy]

Love the sound of this and seems like a pretty great deal, i kinda hope this comes to PC.

 

[Bessy67]

I like the idea, but I'm not sure there's as much value here as people believe.

If you have any interest in Fifa/Madden/Battlefield these are generally day 1 purchases - picking it up 9 months later when the next iteration is about to come out seems a bit weird.

It's basically just a repackaged season pass (early access) while trying to pull in some extra users at the back end who don't buy EA games year in year out.

Not for me.

But with the 10% discount if you buy 5 EA games a year it pays for itself, plus you get 10% off any DLC you buy plus you get access to the vault plus you get early access to new games. It's not for everyone but I'm seriously considering it.

 

[crappybannedjunior999999]

I'm about to become a Battlefield fan.

No. No, you won't.

 

[JaggedSac]

Isn't XB1 GwG getting two new games next month?

yes

 

[TheDrowningMan]

now that I read more into this. is this basically "pay $30 a year to play last years madden?"

That + EA Season Ticket, yeah.

As I said, it's an attempt to neuter the second hand market at the back end of the yearly cycle. Most high-profile EA franchises are yearly, copies are changing hands as people await the new ones. That's particularly true for the sports games, because few want to be paying full price for outdated rosters.

 

[Exploratory]

Isn't XB1 GwG getting two new games next month?

Well I stand corrected. But thanks for driving my point home Miles. So they're essentially totally equal.

 

[ocean]

I'd tot be down for this on PSN.

 

[Percy]

Same as Netflix...

Like how DRM Xbone was the same as Steam amirite?

Isn't XB1 GwG getting two new games next month?

Well, two 'old' games technically

 

[Interfectum]

It'll be interesting when they bring this to PC how that shakes up the market there.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

If they give you the latest Madden every year, every single Madden player would jump in. I usually get 1 Madden per console generation, with this price I might just get it every year.

Nah you are getting Madden 2012 that just got their server shutdown. Much value.

 

[jacobeid]

That'd be worth it for FIFA alone to me. Hmmmm, interesting move EA! I can't wait to see what everyone else does now.

 

[ComputerBlue]

This is actually pretty great.

 

[Foshy]

This sounds very interesting. I don't play many EA games, but I'll keep an eye on this.

 

[Lamiafusion]

Everything in me feels like this is a big ole trap...

 

[spatenfloot]

Seems like you'd be better off buying the games on sale and then trading them in when you are finished playing them, which is what normally happens to EA games.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

yes

Thought so, but had to check...just in case.

Well I stand corrected. But thanks for driving my point home Miles. So they're essentially totally equal.

I wouldn't say they are totally equal, but this isn't the thread for discussing why PS+ is better.

 

[FStop7]

The vault stuff is interesting, depending on what they populate it with.

But the "early preview" stuff... are we now at the point of monetizing demos? I guess we were at that point a while ago, with Xbox Live Gold.

Will this require a Live Gold subscription?

 

[mrklaw]

EA need to be a little clearer about when games might enter 'the vault'. Because otherwise they risk people holding off on purchases until they are free.

tbh I'd be fairly happy playing the year old version of FIFA indefinitely for that price, but obviously fans would want the new one and so would buy it.


it is a little odd to be on XBox only - presumably MS doubling down with EA after titanfall. But surely must be costing MS a lot to keep it away from Playstation?

 

[Obscured]

Looks decent. Those games aren't peaking my interest yet, but I'll be watching to see how it develops over time. One of the biggest things I was looking forward to with digital on consoles was seeing some different pricing models going forward. Looks like we are starting to see that. Definitely some questions to get ironed out but good start.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Had a friend tell me he might grab an XBO for this; seems like a nice package. Not too sure about plopping $399-499 down for it, but nice.

 

[UnluckyKate]

THat doesn't sound that good... 30 a year for 4 games... PS+ is twice that but it's 2 games (for PS4) per month...

 

[PAULINK]

that's pretty cool, if I were interested in at least one of these titles, i'd be in.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

We heard you like subscriptions, so we got a subscription for your subscription...

 

[FloppyDelux]

theres gotta be a catch.....

 

[Orayn]

The vault stuff is interesting, depending on what they populate it with.

But the "early preview" stuff... are we now at the point of monetizing demos?

No moreso than PS+ or XBL Gold.

 

[gogosox82]

Honestly sounds interesting. $30 a year for vault to a bunch of games sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

 

[manual4]

PS4 gets the better versions of the games MS gets a platform to ensure they can still sell people on these games that are in some cases inferior. EA doing mad scientist work to keep MS in it.

all the sports game runs at the same res and fps and look exactly the same

 

[Niven]

The money I will save with the 10% off will pretty much pay the subscription price for me

 

[Xando]

theres gotta be a catch.....

There always is with EA

 

[Z_Y]

Not sure why people so interested in this, it seems like a good deal at first but after paying for a year and a half, you going to notice you have payed 40 bucks +. for some sport games that they barely ever innovate on, some mobile game, and a still buggy battlefield 3.5 game.

If you end the service you lose 40 bucks for a game that you can no longer play.

or keep paying 50+ for a small selection of old games...

In the end the consumer loses their money and to play those games again you are going to need to shell out 20 bucks to play them again.

 

[Garrett 2U]

THat doesn't sound that good... 30 a year for 4 games... PS+ is twice that but it's 2 games (for PS4) per month...

if they add some new games then it is definitely an amazing deal.
i have buddies that buy the new fifa/madden/nhl/nba every year.
they could save 100s of dollars depending on quickly those games get added to the vault.

 

[TheDrowningMan]

But with the 10% discount if you buy 5 EA games a year it pays for itself, plus you get 10% off any DLC you buy plus you get access to the vault plus you get early access to new games. It's not for everyone but I'm seriously considering it.

If you intend to buy the yearly franchises digitally, yeah. Otherwise, you'll save more than 10% at retail and more still when you trade in last year's iterations upon the release of the new one.

 

[CaptainTiptop]

So why isn't this coming to PS4?

theres gotta be a catch.....

Same catch as always with this stuff. If your subscription ends you lose all your free games, and chances are the free games will be older titles.

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

I hope this is successful so that publishers with gams I actually care about create their own ps+ style models. I know this will never happen due to the Square Enix tax, but I'd gladly pay $30 a year for their library of rpgs.

 

[gutterboy44]

Do you get to still keep FIFA 14 even after FIFA 16 is out? Will it work like PSN + that no matter how old your free game is, you always get to play it with an active subscription or will they just be forcing everyone over to each year's new release to maximize DLC and micro-transactions? Will you get to play titles day of release? Pre-loading? If EA and XB1 partnership ends, do you still get to keep your games? Can you play offline?

 

[Azzurri]

Hmm, color me impressed.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Well I stand corrected. But thanks for driving my point home Miles. So they're essentially totally equal.

Lol you are out of your mind if you think they are equal. You should look up the word in a dictionary, cause i don't think you know what it means.

 

[ChosenPredator]

damn im down thats pretty cheap