I think most of the hate comes from the fact that its EA and that it could possibly, maybe, possibly not but still might lead to a situation where major content is barred behind subscriptions. Something I don't think will happen.$30 and I've played a bunch of Madden, as well as Fifa and BF4, two games I never would have bought. I'm looking forward to what else comes.
Don't get the hate for this program at all.
This is what these idiot publishers don't understand, it's the same thing as when studios started pulling out form Netflix to do their own streaming service. They see the dollar signs and that's it not realizing people have no problem with Netflix cause it's just $8 once, not $8 for Netflix, for hulu, for amazon, for warner bros and so on. It adds up and people don't want that split content everywhere.
Hopefully Sony nips this line of thinking in the bud. I like getting games from everyone through PS+ and I refuse to buy into 5 different subscription services from 5 different publishers.
Subscriptions for everyone!
This is not going to end well.
it could possibly, maybe, possibly not but still might lead to a situation where major content is barred behind subscriptions. Something I don't think will happen.
I hope Sony remains firm.
Every Publisher with its own Access program will suck for gamers.
Yet another reminder of why I continue to expand my games collection, screw anti-consumer crap like this.
Often, people are only interested in one brand from a publisher, so they dont look for other brands. When you buy into something like Access, you can try other things for free and discover other things you like. Its a way to make sure gamers can get more info on what we do and the diversity of our portfolio.
Yeah, I think it's actually a pretty good option for its target audience.
I don't really get the hate toward season passes or DLC either, which tend to get a lot of backlash.
I'd like to talk about the EA Access issue. Sony put out a strongly-worded statement that suggested it wasn't good value for PlayStation customers. The reaction from some was, we'd like that decision for ourselves. We'd like the choice. How do you feel about that reaction?
The statement might look aggressive. But the thinking behind it is, we just do not look at one proposition, like EA Access. We look at the whole offering of the titles or services on the platform, and we thought about the impact of having something like that as a new symptom. If every publisher follows suit, and as a consumer you have to choose by publisher which service to subscribe to, that's not something we believe is best for consumers.
So we are not just looking at that one proposition. We were thinking about the impact that might have for the future offering of products and services on PlayStation.
I genuinely don't understand the hate for this. It is an option
so long as people don't buy into it, it won't take off.
guys, who are these asshats who are buying into this?
I think most of the hate comes from the fact that its EA and that it could possibly, maybe, possibly not but still might lead to a situation where major content is barred behind subscriptions. Something I don't think will happen.
It's devaluing the subscription services we already pay for.
Old Battlefield and Madden games should be PS+ or Gold whatever.
Now they're going to be segregated behind multiple subscriptions.
Hilarious. Called it.
Activision took note, and now Ubisoft. Pretty soon we'll be paying hundreds of dollars in subscriptions.
By major content I mean full games. I can never see a pub putting a full game behind a sub. There's just no way that would earn them more money than by making players purchase the game normally.Why the heck not? Six years ago we were laughing at the possibility of games existing solely to push microtransactions. "They'd never be that crazy."
Well, now it's the sad reality. Odds are, EA and folks calculated what they would need to do to lock everyone behind subscription packages before they even started this thing.
Fuck you Microsoft, gaming is doomed do not buy into this bullshit!!!!!!
It will happen.
How they are going to sell those wonderful subs instead?
Value once for all will be locked behind a gate made of money.
All too often this 'value' is created by taking things away from non-subscribers, rather than giving things to those that subscribe.Yep lets all hate on better value...
By major content I mean full games. I can never see a pub putting a full game behind a sub. There's just no way that would earn them more money than by making players purchase the game normally.