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[Carl]

Jesus. Now just need Ubi, Sony and whoever else uses them to get rid of them

 

[Synless]

I sense something terrible happening in the near future...

 

[SloaneRisette]

Well damn!

Discontinues online pass


Employs online-only authentication

Well, damn...

 

[Takao]

Whoa, whoa. The response must have been very negative and affected sales significantly for this to happen.

Hopefully others follow through, but I'm very surprised. Then again, it could mean implementation of online-only.

Or they found out it didn't deter used game sales at all, and instead hurt online communities and DLC.

 

[Gorillaz]

holy shit

 

[Dunlop]

Now Kill Origin too.

Why?

 

[Cipherr]

Well now.... That was unexpected.

 

[Trigger]

I'm shocked and hell yeah at the same time.


Is this a trap?

It's always a trap. EA plays the long con.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Should never have been there in the first place, lessons learned

Now follow Sony, please thanks

 

[giancarlo123x]

I thought this title would end up tricking me and something worse is happening. Bravo EA.

 

[valkillmore]

It's a trick I tell ya'

So was Online Pass.

 

[Dead Prince]

they'll probably kill the past services with online pass and say "oops"

 

[Broken Joystick]

Always online is near.

 

[alr1ght]

They probably saw COD raking in all the money with DLC. You want to hook people first, then they'll buy extra stuff. Not the other way around.

You're next, Sony.

 

[megamerican]

Wow I'm actually impressed. Good on EA if this is true.

 

[~Kinggi~]

No need for an online pass when you can enable that online DRM for the new consoles. Duh.

 

[Az]

Hmm why...

There is no way they are actually doing something good for just us.

 

[El_Chino]

I want to be excited but I feel like there's a catch.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

did we win

 

[antitrop]

Hahahaha, he called it a "feature".

 

[sangreal]

I guess Nextbox really will block used games then

 

[POWERSPHERE]

Guys, guys, guys... NEXT GEN Is the online pass.

 

[alr1ght]

I want to be excited but I feel like there's a catch.

Tomorrow EA announces all game servers are closed.

 

[Y2Kev]

did we win

no, probably they realized they couldn't sell DLC to ppl they locked out

so ENJOY YOUR HORSE ARMOR

 

[shinobi602]

 

[MemoryHumanity]

Discontinues online pass


Employs online-only authentication

Hate to be a cynic, but yeah. Probably this.
If not, props to EA!

 

[Bgamer90]

Maybe they did a cost-benefit and realized nobody bought the online passes?

Heh, probably.

 

[Jinfash]

Online activation, encompassing all content, will take its place.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

 

[ZealousD]

EA doing this from player response? that's news on it's own!

My guess is that this is only half true.

And by that, I mean that the digital sales of online passes were probably not very significant.

My guess is that online passes are being phased out because they want to start doing more microtransactions. And if you're going to a microtransactions model, then the online pass becomes a barrier.

 

[Cade]

"Feature"?

 

[Tan]

Why have an online pass when the machines will just do it for you!

 

[Jake Tower]

Too good to be true.

Wait for the other shoe to drop.

 

[alr1ght]

no, probably they realized they couldn't sell DLC to ppl they locked out

so ENJOY YOUR HORSE ARMOR

Tell that to Microsoft.

 

[OriginalNameGuy]

A storm approaches...

 

[SomeOneInaHat]

 

[The_Monk]

GAF, I'm trying to find the most YESSSS and random Gif at the same time to celebrate this news but I can't find it!

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This is great news, thanks for posting fellow GAFfer!

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

They've realised that there is more money in micro transactions than online passes

yup

 

[HooYaH]

Watch them shut down servers earlier than expected in order for you to purchase the new yearly version.

 

[AstroZombie]

"Kill online passes" is probably EA's code phrase for "unleash nuclear armageddon".

 

[ramoisdead]

EA turning shit around. Baby steps.

 

[Byronic Hero]

Hilariously enough, this was my first thought as well.

 

[Terra_Ex]

In my experience good news from EA usually precedes a more crushing blow a few weeks later, so we'll see.

 

[jbug617]

Or maybe being voted worst company in the US 2x in a row helped change their mind.

 

[oVerde]

uh oh!

Seems console install verifications are coming!

Spoiler

you first read it here!

 

[Silly.Mikey]

I thought this is what i used my gamertag for.

 

[Linkhero1]

Discontinues online pass


Employs online-only authentication

First thing I thought of as well.

 

[Phire Phox]

I guess getting voted Worst company in America is making EA change

 

[Gorillaz]

ahhh so it's basically DRM replacing online codes

 

[BrokenEchelon]

They're getting rid of them because they'll be baked into the next-gen systems.

Huehuehue.