EA’s Origin Access is basically one of those gaming offers that sounds really economical on paper, but may not be quite so in the long run. It was one of the features introduced a while back by EA on its online platform, Origin. Access allows you take up a renewable membership with EA, at 5$ a month, or $30 a year, in return for full-time access to selected games, including a lot of good titles like Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mass Effect 2, etc. This collection of games is being known as the Vault, which is constantly being updated with new titles. Recently, EA confirmed that it will be adding two very successful shooters, Battlefield 1, and Titanfall 2 to the Vault:
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No, horrid company not worth it.
Of course it all depends on the user, getting access to Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 on top of what is already available sure seems worth $5 a month or $30 a year to me.
To me Origin Access is pretty sweet. EA Access I dont have anymore,its not as enticing.
No.
We've been over this again and again. With nothing new gained from talking about it. It all boils down to if you like EA and EA games. I used to like the company and its games a long time ago. But I would never sign up for EA Access. Because I no longer buy their games or miss them.
Their business model of doing less work for more money is something I've never liked. Their monopolizing and purchasing of companies to gain a technical advantage (Criterion-Renderware,Dice-Fro stbite) is something I've never liked. Their buying and destroying of some of my favorite developers is something I never liked. Some say you should forget the past. To them I say "never forget your history." And "how many licensed NFL football games can you buy?" EA was beat fair and square with basketball. But didn't allow competition with football. Now I don't buy football games and we all know why. For me, the vault isn't worth anything.
Having said that. Is EA Access a good deal for those that like EA games on Xbox? Yes. If you're willing to wait for old games to hit the vault, then it's a good deal....*IF* you are willing to wait. Just like I wait for sales,price drops or discounts on new games, I can see gamers looking for a good deal.
But, those that think it's not right for Sony to deny EA Access on PS4 don't see that's it's perfectly within their rights not to. Why would Sony allow a competing service of sales and discounts to one third party company? That cuts into their business. That's like asking Sony to offer Steam on PS4. Would it be consumer friendly? Sure. Would it be smart for Sony's business? H#&% no. PS Plus would lose sales. It's Sony's console. Not EA's. Not Valves.
Question gamers should be asking is "Why EA are the only ones allowed on Xbox?" Square, Activision, Ubisoft, etc have large back catalogs. But,only EA has this service on Xbox? Since Microsoft doesn't offer a similar service like Plus, it doesn't hurt them in offering it. And just gives a talking point. Like "cross game chat" from last gen. But those with *business common sense* can see that it would hurt Sony's bottom line with Plus. And no company would allow that. Ask Microsoft if it's consumer friendly to offer Steam on the Windows Game Store. Or Steam on Nintendo's Virtual Console. You'll get your answer.