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From the EA Access thread. Basically it won't be like Gold or Plus where games are rotated. You get to keep EA Access games.
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EA Access are permanent says Peter Moore
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ComputerMKII
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I thought Origin's Terms of Service said they could delete all your games at any moment, though?
Leafhopper
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I don't even care for most EA games and probably won't even buy into this but this sounds great.
Cheese Sandwich
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And my decision to keep my Xbox is permanent.
BeforeU
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That's brilliant. So I can play those game regardless of them removing it from the vault in future. Kinda makes it exactly like PS+ and GWG. Only better.
LOL no, you have to be subscribe to the service to play those games.
woo, you edited
LOL no, you have to be subscribe to the service to play those games.
woo, you edited
SEGAvangelist
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Canis lupus
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Fifa/Madden/NFL/yearly release X 14 to be available in 2020, awesome, thank you EA!!
We don't know that yet.
RyanPierre
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So do I take EA at their word:
Or EA at their TOS:
Or EA at their TOS:
Cosmo Clock 21
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This is true of like every DDS for games
Triggerhappytel
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It doesn't seem like they've really thought this through. You get to keep the games, and those added to the service are never removed? This sounds too generous to make business sense.
Mostly likely not. It would probably work like GwG (XB1) and PS+ when u need the sub to play.
Kinda surprised at this although it's still similar to GwG and PS+ that you can re download the games when you want difference being you don't need to claim it as titles will always be listed in the vault selection.
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Going by what's said here at least
Dragonborn
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Why would you want to play last years sports games when the new one hits?
I feel this service may be worth something in 5 years or so, when they have a siazeable catalogue
I feel this service may be worth something in 5 years or so, when they have a siazeable catalogue
i think that is a legal thing. What if for some reason they couldn't legally hand out that game anymore?
If the games are only valuable at certain times of the year I think it's okay for them. I would be surprised if they put a popular single player game like Mass Effect on there though.
Why would you be able to play any of these games without a sub? It's just a vault that everyone has access to, regardless of when you joined.
Poodlestrike
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That is pretty legit. Less so for sports titles, but if they add their other games a couple of years later? Pretty awesome.
Goodacre0081
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yea seems kind of pointless to keep the annual sports games there. after a few years they'll shut down the servers and be left with a single player game with newer ones to pick from
Andodalf
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They will never be removed from the vault though? Didn't he just say that? So no, not like ps+ or gwg. The number of games offered will go up forever.
Barack Lesnar
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There will be a lot more than just sports games on it.
They reserve the right to change/delete which ever game they want from the service.
They are just saying that they wont.
Welcome to DD.
What? Its not a charity.
DeadlyVirus
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I think the game removal policy will mostly be because of licenses. Let's say they lose their Lord Of The Rings license. It would make sense to remove it from the vault.
Oh, and let's not forget all the music licenses
Oh, and let's not forget all the music licenses
opticalmace
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To me they're pretty much all the same. I'd be perfectly happy playing last year's games, or older.
As long as the current release is available ~6-8 months after release I am ok with that...
Most of the titles that end up in the vault will be essentially worth nothing anyway. That's not to say they're bad or worthless games, but who's going to pay anything for a sports game with a five year outdated roster?
StealthGoblin
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I think that says a lot about the quality of games you'd be getting going forward. Either really old or not worth very much.
£30 a year for a massive vault of excellent games that gets larger and larger? Not going to happen.
£30 a year for a massive vault of excellent games that gets larger and larger? Not going to happen.
Stealthcobra
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I dont think this will appeal to sports gamers at all. most people like the new version on release day... so isnt that the majority of what makes up ea's user base? I'm playing madden 15 on release, not a year later.. not 6 months.. but release and ea is never putting new games in the vault. So what value does this service really have?
Games for Gold, you used to be able to keep your games before they changed the policy.
Yeah, if a licence expired or distribution rights changed hands from EA to another party, then EA would have to remove the game from the "vault" as it wouldn't legally be able to provide said game (not to be confused with revoking access to it in general -- those who'd actually bought it would of course still be able to download and play it even if circumstances necessitated its removal from the subscription service).
Haunted
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Nope.
Think of it as renting the key to the vault where EA keeps some of their old games. You don't control what games go in there and you can't keep any of them. Give back the key and you can't go into the vault anymore.
You do know that the service is also for playing sports games before release date on top of getting a 10% discount on both the game(s) and DLC right?
It's already appealing to many sports gamers.
For example, Madden, FIFA, and NHL all come out within a month period. So for $5, someone could save $11 getting those three games, play all three early, and get discounts on DLC during the month period.
From Moore's quote it sounds pretty close to Games With Gold XO or PS Plus: once you get a game, you get to keep playing it as long as you pay for the service. They're just saying that you'll always be able to get a given game, unlike those others.
It does not at all sound like you get to "keep" the game (like Games With Gold 360), where you can stop paying for the service and play your games forever.
It does not at all sound like you get to "keep" the game (like Games With Gold 360), where you can stop paying for the service and play your games forever.
Uno Venova
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Are the servers also permanent.
SneakyStephan
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What would be the point of that, the online servers for those games will have been closed for like 5 years by then
The Faceless Master
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there was no change in policy. you still keep the games you get on Xbox 360. they added Xbox One games and those require an ongoing subscription, but that was an added tier, not a change in policy .
Makes sense for sports licenses as well.
Ya know, commitments break, Peter. I'm sure Nintendo can remind you of that.
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