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Ubisoft interested in EA Access like program, thinks it's good for publisher brands
- Thread starter Nirolak
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they also have out some smaller games (rayman, valiant hearts, child of light, trials fusion) , plus I guess they have their pipelines full.
maybe can also pull a plus/gameswithgold and put a new (smaller) release day and date for retail and to vault too?
about past gen games... maybe hd remake of some games missing from next gen could work in its (vault) favor I think. how about stick of truth and maybe a spruced-up call of huarez, no?
anyway.. possibilities, they exist. I guess thats why some of us gave these news even a minute of our time.
let them fix their possibilities and see what they can offer us, and lets judge it from then.
Activision = Blizzard, look at the PC games, they already have it.
DarthWalden
Banned
These are giant corporations, there are no good guys or bad guys. The whole goal is to make money...
It's quite simple really.
In this case Sony see EA access (and all the other inevitable publisher programs) as a threat to them making money off of PS+ and PSnow. MS likely sees the same issue but they are vulnerable and looking for an edge over there rival.
fallen_dawn
Member
Wasn't there some statistic some months ago about the massive uptake in PS+ subs with the PS4? I can almost guarantee that wasn't to do with the "free" games.
Now that PS+ is compulsory for most multiplayer games it doesn't really matter what games they have. If you have a PS4, and you want to play the majority of games online, you are going to subscribe.
You called me shithead & you want my excuse just because I said it's pathetic use my bad english to lead the discussion? O_O
Ok apologies.
If gamers find value in a service like this then I don't see how it's a bad thing. If the quality of titles decline or if prices increase then gamers can always vote with their wallets and cancel their subs. I just don't want to use this service on MS's platform. I'd be open to it on pc or ps4.
immortal-joe
Member
Yoshida was right.
Enjoy the slippery slope.
Enjoy the slippery slope.
I called you a shit head after you called me pathetic, don't give shit if you can't take it mate.
Thanks for the apology, no hard feelings.
real mature here.
Considering gamers have proved to have the restrains of drug addicts in an opium production plant....I'll have to agree here.
CosmicQueso
Member
Cool. If/when that happens I wont renew. $30 for this offer, however, is not the situation you're describing. And call me naive if you want. I just don't see it making any business sense to do what you're saying. Sorry.
DarthWalden
Banned
I'm thinking of a worst case scenario and I just don't see this bad as bad for consumer?
Confusing maybe...
They have plenty of stuff they can put on there in the near future:
Rayman Legends
Trials Frontier
Child of Light
Valiant Hearts
Not really, you're still insinuating that my actions were pathetic when it was far from it, I was leaving the discussion as you were having trouble communicating your point.
Either way mate just leave it, apologies all round.
shanafan
Member
I like the innovation behind this. It's the digital age, and it's nice seeing companies capitalizing on it.
It's funny though, I was playing around with my NES over the weekend and I had to do the good old blow into the cartridge to get it working. I laughed to my friend and said "This wouldn't be a problem with digital games."
I do like my physical collection though.. But ah well, I'm excited for the changes!
It's funny though, I was playing around with my NES over the weekend and I had to do the good old blow into the cartridge to get it working. I laughed to my friend and said "This wouldn't be a problem with digital games."
I do like my physical collection though.. But ah well, I'm excited for the changes!
a secret-boss
Banned
Fucking knew it
Us too. Like their horrible Uplay
Us too. Like their horrible Uplay
Please, you have my excuse, but I'm not stupid. I said it's pathetic when someone tried to downplay the other opinion because the bad syntax. I have talked in general. Don't put in my mouth what I haven't said about you.
It doesn't follow from publishers having their own services that they wouldn't put games on PS+ or GWG. They get money from those deals. Apple don't stop selling iPhones in other shops just because they have Apple stores.
Basically what you seem to be saying is that the worst-case-scenario is that Sony might be forced to improve PS+ somehow if they had competition. The horror. The humanity.
Oh man you just can't leave it can you. I didn't once downplay your opinion, I simply said I cannot understand you. Pretty big different. So how about you don't put words in my mouth then?
Handy Fake
Member
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
Sony blocking EA Access doesn't seem like such a bad move now, to me. I don't want this kind of subscription model being the norm.
DarthWalden
Banned
Lol, it's already the norm. PS+ says hi.
I'm a fan of this. Yes, I know it can always become something horrible but at this time it seems great to me. I can buy the games I play a lot just like I do now and "rent" the games I don't care enough about.
My example: Brother and I in different states rarely get to play together but when we do get a rare few days to play for hours we can pay $5 to play last years NHL, Madden, etc.
Again, I'm not the typical user but it works in my case. So far I have bought nothing, nice to know the option is there when or if I want to try it.
My example: Brother and I in different states rarely get to play together but when we do get a rare few days to play for hours we can pay $5 to play last years NHL, Madden, etc.
Again, I'm not the typical user but it works in my case. So far I have bought nothing, nice to know the option is there when or if I want to try it.
FlyStarJay
Member
so sony is looking after our best interest? Have we seen this article?
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-boss-says-we-dont-have-anything-against-ea-acc/1100-6421805/
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-boss-says-we-dont-have-anything-against-ea-acc/1100-6421805/
Fornaximus
Member
Yep. Their desperation to score a perceived win over Sony by having a feature they don't led to this. They should have told EA to kick rocks.
You have to pay a subscription in order to get the full use out of your PS4.......
That's a little different though. You get betas, discounts, and free games from all publishers, not just Sony. Even if it is required to get the most out of the PS4, it's not like it's limiting you to just Sony's games.
Neuromancer
Member
Protecting their own interests and as well as the interests of their player base are not mutually exclusive.
DarthWalden
Banned
Except in this case they are.
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
PS+ for $50/year I can handle. I also get other things with it, like online storage and other stuff that I'm sure you know enough about or else you wouldn't have made that comment. Even the $50/year for XBL doesn't sting that much to me.
PS+ for $50, XBL for $50, EA Access for $30, Ubi Access for $30, and Activistion Access for $30 I cannot handle. I mean, technically, I can but, it's not something I want to do.
EA Access is nowhere close to being a threat of PS+, or are you really going to tell me that people will cancel their PS+ subscription for EA Access, and if so who and why!?
I'd even make a point on similar lines with PSNOW, I'm not seeing EA port SSX to the PS4 for EA access, it's far more likely to hit PSNOW licencing notwithstanding and that service is aiming to reach out to tablets and Smart TV's, while EA access is just PS4.
Neuromancer
Member
We'll just have to agree to disagree on that one. I want a minimum of EA's shenanigans on PS4, thanks.
We'll see when you'll(I will be out like a warg outa hell long before) have a subscription service per publisher all withholding contents from games with plenty of trinkets attached to make people subscribe.
jimbobsmells
Member
Excellent post.
worst case scenario would be I don't play game anymore, plenty other things I can do with my life...
jimbobsmells
Member
Including artificially delaying games a few days so select subscribers feel like they get it early.
Or making people pay for demos.
Does he not understand that I can still sign up for NONE of them. This isn't Xbox Live or PSN, you aren't forced to sign up for multiplayer access
DarthWalden
Banned
These are catalogue games, as someone who thinks this whole thing is a great idea I can tell you right now I won't be dropping my money down for every subscription...
I'd have no problem dropping 5$ to give AC4 and Rayman legends a shot for the month but I likely won't be paying a yearly subscription to Ubisoft.
Hey you're aren't forced to signup on live or ps+ if you see no value in what they propose.
I have a ps4 and don't pay a cent to Sony on that service.
Nobody's forcing me.
Hey nobody was forced into buying that horse armour all those years ago.
jimbobsmells
Member
Of course you don't have to sign up to these. But then don't be surprised when they start hiding more and more content behind the paywall in order to 'add value'.
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
You say that now. Then you get hit with early Access DLC and other things exclusive to Access members that used be open to everyone. Before you know it, you're subscribed to all of them and in their crap so deep that you're going to drown.
We're going to end up paying for the right to pay for their games.
Mugatu
Member
Well you can be cynical and speculate that everything will turn out the absolute worst but that doesn't mean it's true. MS had to backtrack from hiding apps behind paywalls so the current trend is actually the opposite of this - more companies are actually moving toward adding value to dubs (usually with free games) instead of taking otherwise free features away.