As a new Xbox One owner, I was all over Titanfall thanks to my 30 day
EA Access pass and promptly went looking for a cheap deal.
Not exact matches
Original story: Microsoft today unveiled the Xbox Game
Pass, an
EA Access - like subscription service that offers access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles, playable on Xbo
Access - like subscription service that offers
access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles, playable on Xbo
access to over 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles, playable on Xbox One.
Microsoft's stance has always been with providing the best «service» possible, so yes, the back compat, game
pass,
ea access, subscriptions, foundations for multiplayer centric games are going to come first before single player games.
EA and Dice today announced the Battlefield 1's $ 50 premium
pass; players who sign up to the membership option will be given 2 weeks early
access to each of the 4 confirmed DLC.
Recently, rumors have been popping up that Warner Bros. is going to adopt the online
pass strategy for used games that
EA and THQ have created, charging $ 10 to
access online portions of games that are sold used.
We heard last week how
EA will start a new scheme starting with the latest Tiger Woods game whereas customers who buys their game new will have a free
pass to exclusive online content and modes, then when a person who buys the game as pre-used will have to pay a fee to gain
access to that service.
Tons of content there, I mean if you're going to act as if a few PS exclusives that most don't buy anyway are so important then surely services like Game
Pass and
EA Access count for something!
EA has today announced that players will actually be able to
access the multiplayer content in their upcoming Snowboarding game SSX without an online
pass.
Xbox Game
Pass functions similarly to
EA's
Access program in that it lets users pay a monthly fee and gain unlimited access to a catalog of t
Access program in that it lets users pay a monthly fee and gain unlimited
access to a catalog of t
access to a catalog of titles.
EA already sells its own
Access Pass on a similar model to Xbox users, but its offering isn't quite compelling as what Microsoft is promising: while Battlefield 1 is available to subscribers, football fans are left with last year's FIFA 17 for the moment.
The same goes for Electronic Arts»
EA Access service, which more closely resembles the Xbox Game
Pass, as they both allow Xbox One owners to download full games.
This morning, Xbox's Phil Spencer announced a new
EA Access - style subscription service called the Xbox Game Pass that will offer subscribers access to a rotating catalogue of games every
Access - style subscription service called the Xbox Game
Pass that will offer subscribers
access to a rotating catalogue of games every
access to a rotating catalogue of games every month.
This also applies to subscriptions for Xbox Live Gold, meaning friends can play online, as well as games downloaded as part of Games with Gold,
EA Access and Xbox Game
Pass.
This is great news for
EA Access owners that don't yet have this game as with the season
pass becoming free to celebrate the games anniversary all the DLC for this great game is also yours to have for nothing.
Other details would be an easy integration of
EA Access into the Xbox Game
Pass for an immediate boost in vault numbers.
Apparently, those who have online
passes for the upcoming Battlefield 3 will be given early
access to the Mass Effect 3 demo through their
EA accounts.
I'm pretty sure the Xbox Game
Pass library doesn't overlap the
EA Access library.
A similar example would be
EA Access, except Game
Pass won't be exclusive to one publisher.
The Xbox Game
Pass will provide licenses for over 100 titles in similar fashion to
EA Access, giving you access to download those games as if you own
Access, giving you
access to download those games as if you own
access to download those games as if you own them.
Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Game
Pass and
EA Access are all subscription based schemes that reward you in slightly different ways for a monthly, three - monthly or yearly fee.