EA Access costs $4.99 a month (or $30 a year) and allows users to play older EA titles for free while also giving them five days of early access to new EA titles. While a limited playtime makes sense for games with a storyline (Dragon's Age, Battlefield, etc.), many sports gamers have expressed disgust at going from unlimited three day playing time with EA SPORTS Season Ticket to now six hours over five days. (Season Ticket returns to PS3/360 this year.)
EA Access is only available on Microsoft's Xbox One as Sony (PlayStation 4) allegedly declined carrying the program, citing it a poor value for consumers. With full details now available, do you agree with Sony's decision? Continue on to share your opinion and to see some initial reactions to this time limit via Twitter.
@KansasFF EA Access memebers will have six gameplay hours with the full Madden NFL 15 game.
— EA Play (@EAPlay) August 18, 2014
@gamingtailgate @EAAccess FYI, I will not be purchasing the vault access further. EA got me for a month. 6 gameplay hours is dumb.
— 3 Steve 7 (@threeSteveseven) August 18, 2014
So on EA Sports Season Ticket I got 3 days, on @EAAccess I get 6 hours? That is just ridiculous. #falseadvertising #legalloophole
— CRBUKE (@CRBUKE) August 18, 2014
@NickTheBullsFan @EAAccess ohhh hell noooooo..wow so Many are gonna use that all up on the 1st day lol... Ok later buddy have a good one..
— BIGJOES414 (@BIGJOES414) August 18, 2014
@EAAccess welp, looks like I'm cancelling my sub as quickly as I signed up for it
— Jeff Legaspi (@j_legs) August 18, 2014
So @EAAccess for Madden 15 is only going to let you play for 6 hours. $5 (or $30 prepay) for a whopping 6 hours. Wow. That's shameful.
— Mike Peters (@realmajesty95) August 18, 2014
Makes you wonder if this is why Sony was passing on EA Access. And I still believe Sony should have allowed us to make that bad decision.
— Scott Burress (@ExtremeGamer) August 18, 2014
Bravo @PlayStation
— NAMEisCHASE (@NAMEisCHASE) August 18, 2014
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