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[animedreamer]

So it's been awhile since I even ran Origin, but when I did just now I saw a ad for Need for Speed. So okay im not a big racing fan so no nevermind there, until I see this logo in the bottom corner, "Origin Access" what's that? I click the ad and follow some links back to what Origin Access is, okay so it's like Xbox Early Access? Eh, big deal right? Then I noticed that Need for Speed has this Early Access feature where you get to play the game 10 hours earlier or something, point is it's a feature that I assumed would allow them to gather information on the game and the player base in order to improve the product, then I kind of thought well here it is. EA has erected away to ask for 5 dollars month so that you can play test their developers games and basically do the job of a play tester.

 

This isn't me attacking BioWare and trying to tell them not to do this with ME:A, or that EA are vultures picking at the corpse that is our wallets, rather is this something that BioWare will have to make time to do since EA is likely going to back this feature and obviously since Bioware is one of it's premiere developers they'd probably want them to add something to this thing in order to entice more players to join the program. 

 

So will BioWare now start shuffling betas on nearly finished games like ME:A to Origin Access for players to play test their games?

[sjsharp2011]

So it's been awhile since I even ran Origin, but when I did just now I saw a ad for Need for Speed. So okay im not a big racing fan so no nevermind there, until I see this logo in the bottom corner, "Origin Access" what's that? I click the ad and follow some links back to what Origin Access is, okay so it's like Xbox Early Access? Eh, big deal right? Then I noticed that Need for Speed has this Early Access feature where you get to play the game 10 hours earlier or something, point is it's a feature that I assumed would allow them to gather information on the game and the player base in order to improve the product, then I kind of thought well here it is. EA has erected away to ask for 5 dollars month so that you can play test their developers games and basically do the job of a play tester.

 

This isn't me attacking BioWare and trying to tell them not to do this with ME:A, or that EA are vultures picking at the corpse that is our wallets, rather is this something that BioWare will have to make time to do since EA is likely going to back this feature and obviously since Bioware is one of it's premiere developers they'd probably want them to add something to this thing in order to entice more players to join the program. 

 

So will BioWare now start shuffling betas on nearly finished games like ME:A to Origin Access for players to play test their games?

They may make demo's available through it but I doubt it'll be anything more than that.

[Remix-General Aetius]

Considering the future of the franchise hangs in the balance, I think Andromeda being available on Origin early-access would be a good thing.

 

If it's awesome, the early-access players can alleviate people's fears of wasting money on a crappy game. If it sucks, it will spare people the disappointment and keep them from buying said game.

 

All feedback being spoiler-free, naturally.

[RoboticWater]

Play test? Games go gold months before they release after months of extensive QA testing. 10hrs (heck, even a week) of limited early access would at most reveal a bunch of obvious bugs. Considering the game is done weeks in advance, I suspect the main reason EA added this feature was to sweeten the deal for free. Personally, I don't think getting access to a game earlier is a good enough value proposition, but clearly others do.

 

Also, EA access lets you play any game in "The Vault" (which seems to add games at a 1-2 year gap) for as long as you pay the subscription. That's $60 a year for access to a whole bunch of games. That's a pretty decent deal if you're willing to wait a bit. This certainly isn't the "play tester" scam you seem to think it is.

 

To answer your question though, yes, of course ME:A will be a part of Origin Access. It's an EA game.

[Sanunes]

Play test? Games go gold months before they release after months of extensive QA testing. 10hrs (heck, even a week) of limited early access would at most reveal a bunch of obvious bugs. Considering the game is done weeks in advance, I suspect the main reason EA added this feature was to sweeten the deal for free. Personally, I don't think getting access to a game earlier is a good enough value proposition, but clearly others do.

 

Also, EA access lets you play any game in "The Vault" (which seems to add games at a 1-2 year gap) for as long as you pay the subscription. That's $60 a year for access to a whole bunch of games. That's a pretty decent deal if you're willing to wait a bit. This certainly isn't the "play tester" scam you seem to think it is.

 

To answer your question though, yes, of course ME:A will be a part of Origin Access. It's an EA game.

 

The only thing that EA Access and Origin Access offer that you didn't mention is that there is a discount if you buy the games digitally (if I remember it is a 10% discount). My guess is that these bonuses are try to entice people to buy games digitally since it is probably a larger profit for them over physical sales.

[animedreamer]

Play test? Games go gold months before they release after months of extensive QA testing. 10hrs (heck, even a week) of limited early access would at most reveal a bunch of obvious bugs. Considering the game is done weeks in advance, I suspect the main reason EA added this feature was to sweeten the deal for free. Personally, I don't think getting access to a game earlier is a good enough value proposition, but clearly others do.

 

Games still go through a playtesting period even when you would suspect they've gone gold, more so though when there is a online component to the game (which is becoming more and more common.) Street Fighter 5 being a recent example of the game, where even a more or so before its official release people were playtesting it, and yet, at launch if even only for 1 day they had issues. Considering Andromeda will definitely have online components such as it's anticipated multiplayer mode, it doesn't sound so far-fetched that Origin Access might be usable for them in that regard, in order to stress test the game and their servers for the multiplayer part of the game alone.

[RoboticWater]

Games still go through a playtesting period even when you would suspect they've gone gold, more so though when there is a online component to the game (which is becoming more and more common.) Street Fighter 5 being a recent example of the game, where even a more or so before its official release people were playtesting it, and yet, at launch if even only for 1 day they had issues. Considering Andromeda will definitely have online components such as it's anticipated multiplayer mode, it doesn't sound so far-fetched that Origin Access might be usable for them in that regard, in order to stress test the game and their servers for the multiplayer part of the game alone.

Obviously, all games are going to ship with bugs no matter how long they are QA tested, and all online EA games send data back to the developer. Yes, EA probably values the data collected from Origin Access users, but your OP presents it purely as a scam. It isn't. You're not paying $5 a month to do EA's work for them, you're paying $5 a month to have access to the Vault and get games earlier at a small discount. If none of that appeals to you, then fine, but that doesn't prove that EA is being nefarious.

[AlanC9]

And if EA does somehow find a way to use the data from the Access players.... how is that a problem?

If someone who plays the game this way is a sucker, so are the players who boot the thing up on day 1.

[Saladinbob1]

Considering the future of the franchise hangs in the balance, I think Andromeda being available on Origin early-access would be a good thing.

 

If it's awesome, the early-access players can alleviate people's fears of wasting money on a crappy game. If it sucks, it will spare people the disappointment and keep them from buying said game.

 

All feedback being spoiler-free, naturally.

 

Assuming they're listened to, something that doesn't always happen. It also depends upon the type of feedback required. For example, if it deals purely with the technical aspect, i.e. bug squashing, issues with the storyline might not change. Early access might not necessarily prevented the issues with ME3's ending. In short, early access is only as good as what the developer wants feedback on.