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[Queen Skadi]

Just curious, I mean Inquisition hadn't even been out for a year before going on EA Access, should those who use EA Access wait until it is inevitably added and just pay $5 to rent it for a month then forget about it?

[RoboticWater]

It'll likely release within the same timeframe as DA:I did. I don't see any reason for that to change.

 

If you're up for avoiding spoilers for a year and not actually retaining the game for subsequent playthroughs, then that's your prerogative. Honest'y, it might be the better plan if your strapped for cash. Play it late for "cheap" (I don't know how the plan works, but if you cancel it in time, then you might make some savings. If not, there's always other EA access titles to play with) and then purchase the game in full (potentially the GOTY edition that will inevitably be released) on a sale.

[Guanxii]

If i'm not mistaken it's usually about 6-8 months after release. I don't really get the point of EA access - it's a rental service for last years games. Why not just rent at release from elsewhere?  

[RoboticWater]

If i'm not mistaken it's usually about 6-8 months after release. I don't really get the point of EA access - it's a rental service for last years games. Why not just rent at release from elsewhere?  

For a single release, that would be more sensible, but EA access allows full use of an ever growning back catalog as well as early access and a discount to upcoming games. If you're a big fan of EA games as a whole, then it makes sense but for BioWare games exclusively, it's probably not a good deal.

[Queen Skadi]

If i'm not mistaken it's usually about 6-8 months after release. I don't really get the point of EA access - it's a rental service for last years games. Why not just rent at release from elsewhere?  

 

I have no idea how EA Access works, whether it requires you to log a credit card on file so they can keep charging you for every month you forget to cancel the service or whether you can use paypal and only pay for one month, but basically it is $5 a month to rent all the titles in the vault for a month which includes games that aren't even a year old like Inquisition and Hardline, not a horrible deal if you are absolutely desperate to see what the games are like but don't want to support the games at full price (Inquisition is only worth a $5 rental at most and you will most likely be sick of it well before the month (or even week) is out, not a service I would say is worth subscribing to over a yearly basis which is what I think EA were hoping people would do.

[InterrogationBear]

If it sells well, probably a year. Because of sales and used games, publisher make very little money selling console games 6-8 months after release.

[LinksOcarina]

If i'm not mistaken it's usually about 6-8 months after release. I don't really get the point of EA access - it's a rental service for last years games. Why not just rent at release from elsewhere?  

 

They don't really have rentals out there anymore.

 

I think the point is to offer people a way to stream games and play them, the trick is they don't own them and lose out on re-sale purchases.

 

It's actually a smart business strategy, they just need to push it further a bit...

[Fiery Phoenix]

Probably late 2017.

[Queen Skadi]

It's actually a smart business strategy, they just need to push it further a bit...

 

That is what I am afraid of and why I am reluctant to pay for EA Access even for a month, while it isn't terrible value now (though none of the games in the vault actually interest me and I would never pay 5 dollars a month for a week early access to certain games) it does set a dangerous precedent, one that could be easily exploited if people buy into the idea of games as a monthly service.

 

I gotta wonder how many people here actually subscribe to EA Access? To be honest the service is not moving as fast as I thought it would, are not enough people showing interest? Would have thought they would have jacked up the price and started trying to incentivize more people to buy into the service by offering exclusive content on certain games?

[wolfhowwl]

EA Access is great value if you like the titles in the Vault.

 

1 Battlefield 4
2 Madden NFL 25
3 FIFA 14
4 Peggle 2
5 Need for Speed Rivals
6 Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
7 EA Sports UFC
8 NBA Live 15
9 Madden NFL 15
10 NHL 15
11 FIFA 15
12 Titanfall
13 Dragon Age: Inquisition
14 Battlefield Hardline 

 

But really the BSN isn't the target audience for this. At all.

[LinksOcarina]

That is what I am afraid of and why I am reluctant to pay for EA Access even for a month, while it isn't terrible value now (though none of the games in the vault actually interest me and I would never pay 5 dollars a month for a week early access to certain games) it does set a dangerous precedent, one that could be easily exploited if people buy into the idea of games as a monthly service.

 

I gotta wonder how many people here actually subscribe to EA Access? To be honest the service is not moving as fast as I thought it would, are not enough people showing interest? Would have thought they would have jacked up the price and started trying to incentivize more people to buy into the service by offering exclusive content on certain games?

 

I think the service is going steady, which is just as important on these things. EA has been very stubborn when it comes to their service models, but very persistant in providing as many avenues as possible for the consumer to participate. Origin for example...outside of the spyware issue, is a perfect example of that. It's popular enough to keep going, mostly through mandate by EA keeping their own personal cloud, and its steadily gaining on Steam as a streaming service for games. 

 

Also has better customer support and refund policies id argue, but I admit I am biased because I find Steam to be a terrible service. 

[Queen Skadi]

I think the service is going steady, which is just as important on these things. EA has been very stubborn when it comes to their service models, but very persistant in providing as many avenues as possible for the consumer to participate. Origin for example...outside of the spyware issue, is a perfect example of that. It's popular enough to keep going, mostly through mandate by EA keeping their own personal cloud, and its steadily gaining on Steam as a streaming service for games. 

 

Also has better customer support and refund policies id argue, but I admit I am biased because I find Steam to be a terrible service. 

 

No it is a hoop that EA forces you to jump through in order to play their latest games on PC, while not anywhere near as bad as UPlay if I could get the games through Steam and not have to bother with Origin then that is the route I would definitely take. I believe there are still more than a few people who refuse to buy EA games on PC due to the mandatory Origin requirement.

 

EA Access at the moment is fairly benign but I do worry about the implications of games as a service catching on, if it is just a rental service for a collection of titles that can be purchased normally then it is absolutely fine, but if they start jacking up the price and start including exclusive titles that can only be played through EA Access that is when we got a problem, I would hate to see gaming turn into a pay TV like service where shows like Game of Thrones are held to ransom and you don't just pay for the shows you want to watch but everything else as well.

 

I believe Activision have been searching for a way to turn Call of Duty into a subscription based service and a service like EA Access might just be the type of thing they are looking for. While it may seem like alright value now for a bunch of games that EA don't really lose much from renting at a lower entry fee I simply do not trust EA's long term plans for the service.

[Daemul]

As someone who has EA Access I can answer this. Games get added to the vault between 6 and 8 months after they release regardless of their sales, with the exception of Titanfall since it was intially not going to be added to the vault. This is something which surprised me at first because I was expecting the likes of FIFA and Madden to be added very near to the release of their next iteration but EA added them to the vault several months before the next games, but when I learnt about how video game sales are heavily front loaded and drop off a cliff after a few months it made sense.

It is actually a very viable strategy to just wait for games to be added to the Vault since they put them in there quite quick, I've done this for virtually every EA game since Titanfall, and it's only cost me £20(the yearly cost of a EA Access subscription) to do so. Another benefit of EA Access is early access to games, you get around 10 hours to try out the full game(your progress carries over to the retail launch) to see how it measures up, so if Mass Effect 4 is underwhelming I'll just wait for it to be put in the Vault.