We continue to search for innovative gameplay and great partners to power the next generation of mobile games, but with an increased focus on a select number of live service games. (ea.com)
It's a squad based online games as service game coming in 2018. (fingerguns.net)
I agree on the value - added point though, there are often services game makers can provide which make the official copy more attractive to players. (news.ycombinator.com)