@bigpappy,

You see, ea is double dipping. In all these articles I, very rarely, see people mentioning that as EA access will ONLY OFFER *OLD* (OR UNPOPULAR OR QUICKLY DEVALUING GAMES LIKE SPORTS) EA GAMES, then as many gamers are forgetting, that to play the game with the most friends and other players is to play it in the first half year...

This means, that after the hype of a game... or better known as in business, "the most likely time to purchase" said game... that they can THEN tease you with it. You weren't going to buy it if you hadn't by then unless you got it preowned.

This is a marketing tool, plain and simple.

***If they had continued what GWG and PS+ do in offering OTHER publisher's games, THEN it might be worth it.***

Edit: I agree with the person in the article who said, "Then I found out that EA Access billing, membership, and customer service is entirely handled by the platform holder. What this means is that Microsoft will be responsible for handling any problems and issues that come up with EA Access on the Xbox One." That is just another example of what EA is trying to pull.

Allowing competition is good!

Cutting out competition and closing your platform is what console buyers have been complaining off for ages. Suddenly, limiting choice is for the "players"?

Stunting one competing service (EAA), to enhance another (PS+) is essentially predatory practice and is never in the best interest of consumers. It holds back innovation, and artificially raises prices.

If EA starts acting up and be @ass, what would happen to GwG and PS+? GwG and PS+ would be better options and vice versa!

This is a terrible move by Sony and does nothing to ensure that you will get any EA game on PS+. EA might just instead offer their games on EA Access on a "competing" platform, because there is choice.

If MS wants EA games on GwG, they will have to pay up or find higher quality games to offer. This is good for gamers, and good for MS. Forces MS to be better, and allows consumers choice!

How can you argue with that?

Other than, we don't trust "EA", but we trust "Sony"....

@youaresalty, "Cutting out competition and closing your platform is what console buyers have been complaining off for ages. Suddenly, limiting choice is for the "players"? "

Then why won't EA launch access on PC, 360, or ps3? Those have a much, much, MUCH larger back catalogue... Again, because it's only new gen, I feel it's more of a marketing campaign (see also: playing a game-demo-early-acess that you must PURCHASE WHILE PAYING FOR EAACCESS when it could be added for free later... The free vault stuff is what they are banking on for people to subscribe, but i see no need outside.

The games in the vault right now aren't being purchased much, especially new... thus, EA access to the rescue.

Again, if EA access gave me a CHOICE of other publisher's games then I'd be excited... However, not the case.

Choice? I'm still skeptical of all of EA's choices as I feel they detract from my own choices...

please remind the last time an EA game was even on games with gold or ps plus. Also even if they were free it would seem to me that it would make more sense for EA to put the games form the vault free on those services. because there giving it away for free on there why not get paid by xbox and playstation for giving it away for free on their service. Not everyone is going to have ea access so why would that stop them from putting their games on there

@ghostface9

Dead Space 3 was on PS Plus last month. Crysis 3 is on PS Plus this month.