gamechanger87
Member
They will be adding more games and expect older ones to be rolled in over time. Also you get 10% off new purchases.
Also GWG gives you two games a month as well so the PS+ comparison doesn't add much here.
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EA announces Subscription Service for Xbox One ($5/month or $30/year, get game vault)
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They will be adding more games and expect older ones to be rolled in over time. Also you get 10% off new purchases.
Also GWG gives you two games a month as well so the PS+ comparison doesn't add much here.
marlowesghost
Member
This sounds pretty solid. At five bucks a month...Price point is huge.
I would too if it wasn't mostly sports stuff. I want to see other publishers offer this on PS4 when their libraries get bigger. I want one that will give me lots of RPG's.
BruiserBear
Banned
Just give it time. This is likely a 6-12 month test run. If it does well you'll see it everywhere.
Bootador83
Member
Remeber it's 10% off digital prices - watch EA price all digital games at 65$ now!
theDeeDubs
Member
Not bad for those that like sports games I guess. BioWare and Mirror's Edge are about the only thing I can think of from EA that I buy so this wouldn't be worth it to me at all though.
StrangeTaco
Member
Sounds really interesting, though as with any subscription service it's success mostly depends on if they have some decent content or not.
Chobel
Member
10% less for new releases alone makes this subscription worth it.
That's because it's the same game copy pasted from the year before.
StealthGoblin
Banned
I haven't bought an EA game since Mirrors Edge but my brother buys FIFA and a lot of EA games every year.
Yet he owns a PS4.
Great job, EA.
Yet he owns a PS4.
Great job, EA.
TheDrowningMan
Member
"Vault"
It's all in the title; it's not trying to sell itself as a services that offers new games, yet still some are managing to interpret it that way. Amazing.
spatenfloot
Member
10% off the normal retail price. You could get bigger discounts buying physical on sale plus you could resell or trade it.
3rdamention
Member
Let's see how much game you really get, I hope they aren't broken up into DLC city.
Right now, it sounds way too good to be true....to play a bunch of EA games for a year for half of what it costs to buy one game....
Cert.in.Death
Member
And the age of library subscriptions has begun.
I wonder why it's Xbox exclusive - I imagine MS must be providing a pretty penny for an arrangement of this sort. But why not offer the EA subscription through Origin? Only reason I can come up with is it's not financially viable without MS' kickback. Or EA isn't confident it will boost their revenue.
Curious. Possible that EA is just testing the water to see if the market is willing to entertain subscription-based access.
I wonder why it's Xbox exclusive - I imagine MS must be providing a pretty penny for an arrangement of this sort. But why not offer the EA subscription through Origin? Only reason I can come up with is it's not financially viable without MS' kickback. Or EA isn't confident it will boost their revenue.
Curious. Possible that EA is just testing the water to see if the market is willing to entertain subscription-based access.
gamechanger87
Member
It will likely be structured such that the game will be downloaded to your console and you will have access to it for a period of time. Once a month the console will ping the EA server to confirm that you still have access. If you cancel then you no longer have access to the game.
dragonelite
Member
It doesn't sound profitable for me imho..
I already have BF4 and not a sports game fan, but i can see great value for sport game fans.
I already have BF4 and not a sports game fan, but i can see great value for sport game fans.
Strazyplus
Member
not exactly since EA focuses on multiplayer, movies and show you just watch once and done. and actually have a selection while EA's selection is limited.
This service will be worth while to those who want to try out BF4 and not pay for it completely. basicly a $5 month demo for BF4... I can see as worth it. but only one month.
I was thinking the non sports games like BF4 I figure this seems silly for just sports games because you'd be playing them as the audience is already ready to move on to the next.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
It's virtually completely settled actually. Unless you have a way where MS can build up a major lead in NA since the rest of the world is pretty much out of grasp.
Like in Europe where EA games cost 69,99?
DizzyCaffeine
Member
Wait a sec...
So I can sign up for this for 1 month and pay $5, then buy Madden 15 or Dragon Age and save 10% ($6), so the service essentially becomes free? Am I missing something here?
So I can sign up for this for 1 month and pay $5, then buy Madden 15 or Dragon Age and save 10% ($6), so the service essentially becomes free? Am I missing something here?
DustyVonEric
Member
You know what? Good on Bone and EA.
Maybe this will pressure Sony to try a more consumer-friendly subscription model for PS Now.
Maybe this will pressure Sony to try a more consumer-friendly subscription model for PS Now.
ChosenPredator
Banned
I like the idea of having a game long enough that if i end up cancelling the subscription to that certain game it would probably be on sale for cheap if i ever decided to return to it in physical copy form.
friskykillface
Banned
Can we buy this with MS points?
Those free gamestop $5 codes about to pay off B^)
Those free gamestop $5 codes about to pay off B^)
SteveO1683
Member
Shocking move by EA. Will be interesting to see how long this stays exclusive and how well it's received.
JayhawkerStL
Banned
This is just a very impressive improvement over their Season Ticket access they had for sports games last gen. I paid $20 a year to to get free access to all of their sports games from Friday through midnight on Monday before they drooped. They were nearly full versions, and your save files transferred if you bought the full game. You got the same DLC discounts, too.
$30 a year to do the same with all games, PLUS access to their vault of games makes this a very easy buy. It helps that I play nearly all of EA's sports games. Getting the games early for $30 is cheaper than renting.
$30 a year to do the same with all games, PLUS access to their vault of games makes this a very easy buy. It helps that I play nearly all of EA's sports games. Getting the games early for $30 is cheaper than renting.
you should be able to, since they said the service can be purchased on xbox live
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Maybe people...*gasp* enjoy sports games??? Who would have thought?? It's not like they ever sell well or anything.Not sure why people so interested in this, it seems like a good deal at first but after paying for a year and a half, you going to notice you have payed 40 bucks +. for some sport games that they barely ever innovate on, some mobile game, and a still buggy battlefield 3.5 game.
If you end the service you lose 40 bucks for games that you can no longer play. (who wants to do that.)
or keep paying 50+ for a small selection of old games... that in total may be worth of 40 bucks.
And I haven't spoke about games in the selection you may not care enough to even play.
In the end the consumer loses their money and to play those games again you are going to need to shell out 20 bucks to play them again.
ArkkAngel007
Member
Really surprised to not see Titanfall.
Tempting no doubt. My only question is when and how long before there are anymore games added to the vault.
ISee
Member
Hey why don't they make it 6$/month and you get to play all your overpriced digital EA games two days before the normal 5$/month scrub.
Or maybe 10$/month and you get premium beta invites (a.k.a demos) to your favorite games + 2 weeks early access before anybody else. Real value here.
I bet things like this are in the making. But I am a bad person and I do not trust EA.
Or maybe 10$/month and you get premium beta invites (a.k.a demos) to your favorite games + 2 weeks early access before anybody else. Real value here.
I bet things like this are in the making. But I am a bad person and I do not trust EA.
theDeeDubs
Member
The Deals with Gold discounts on Battlefield 4 add-ons today is starting to make sense...
Haunted
Member
I'd take a free console.
soul creator
Member
I was just saying that to show that they're likely to be pretty aggressive about pursuing ideas like this with publishers, since they obviously think those types of ideas are gonna become more and more prevalent (like you said, partially based on market dynamics). Sure, most people think they overreached with their initial plans, but obviously they still think the general concepts of a "digital future" are sound (which I personally agree with also)
I was also being slightly snarky and poking fun at people who think that because MS says "they still believe in the digital future", that automatically means "secret 24hr check-ins on all physical discs reintroduced without your knowledge gaming is doomed" instead of plans like this.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
This actually sounds pretty good. Don't want to jump to conclusions yet but will definitely need to hear more details.