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"EA Access" on Xbox One

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Figure this might deserve it's own thread. Sorry if it doesn't.

EA have announced a new program on Xbox One whereby you can pay a monthly or annual fee, and get some free games and a discount on EA-based DLC. At the moment, it looks to be about £20, and the first version will have Fifa 14, NFL 25, Battlefield 4 and Peggle 2 "free" (in the same way PS+ has free games). Also early access to other games, including DA:I, Fifa 15, etc.

Really like the looks of it; NFL and Peggle would be worth the starting price alone to me, and then any other free games over the year following would be a bonus, and I'd likely make up the money in the 10% discount to DLC stuff too.

EDIT: Apologies. Checked every topic BUT the Dashboard one so only just saw it's actually being discussed in there too

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Snake Plisken

Can you pay for the year in Ireland which is 3.99? How much does it cost? Also any way to buy the US subscription?

2Mad2BeMad

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I'll say this for the service, it is painfully slow to download from. Madden 25 is taking a fecking age. 35mims and only 17% through.... Come on ya slow mofo!

must be you're internet mate, I downloaded battlefield in 60minutes on my connection :P

this is definitily great value, never played a madden game before but always meant to buy one as I like american football. Plus I traded in battlefield 4 so the service is paid for
this is a subcription I can see myself holding onto.

Mitch Connor

I'll say this for the service, it is painfully slow to download from. Madden 25 is taking a fecking age. 35mims and only 17% through.... Come on ya slow mofo!

Mitch Connor

Otacon wrote: »

EA Access games will be added to the service permanently, says Peter Moore

Sounds good. No word yet on whether your access to the Vault is reset if you drop the subscription and rejoin though.

Still waiting for Ubisoft Access though.

What do you mean by reset? I can't work out what you mean by this

gotthebug

Just got an email available for every1 now in the game store I had to search for it but hav downedloaded now

Otacon

EA Access games will be added to the service permanently, says Peter Moore

Games added to the EA Access library on Xbox One will remain there, with Electronic Arts' suite of offerings through the subscription service being "permanent," chief operating office Peter Moore told CVG.

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"The Vault will get its share of AAA titles," Moore said. "We haven't made any announcements to that extent about exactly when, where and how, but the Vault will be substantial."

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"New game additions will be determined by franchise and timing," he explained. "We have to make decisions along that way, so there's no template, like 30 days after a game ships it goes into the Vault.

"I think one of the key things is that once a game goes into the Vault it stays there, it's not going to be taken out, that's a commitment we've made," he added.

Sounds good. No word yet on whether your access to the Vault is reset if you drop the subscription and rejoin though.

Still waiting for Ubisoft Access though.

[Deleted User]

I got the invite tonight at 12.30.

So if anyone else joined late to the Preview Programme its likely you'll get one too.
I only joined on the 1st or 2nd so was pretty late in.
Took a few days.

Im bringing BF4 to CEX tomorrow for E26 and Ill pay the E25 out of that then for the year.

It's combining the existing Season Pass with a back-catalogue and I paid something like E10 for early access to FIFA 13 and probably would have again this year, so from that angle it's only E20 more for another spin at FIFA and Madden which I traded away a while back.

So for someone like me who'd pay for the FIFA access alone it's definitely an improvement(Even just doing FIFA it would be E4 for the month)

Basically getting a free year as well selling BF and having an extra euro.

MiskyBoyy

jimbob_jones wrote: »

I think this was the same for Live subscriptions as well you could only pay by pre-paid code or via credit/debit card or paypal.

Yeah I think it's because they're recurring charges they can't do it from your microsoft account funds.

jimbob_jones

hardweir wrote: »

Found it a bit odd that i cant use credit from my account to subscribe to this,i only have the option to pay by credit card....

I think this was the same for Live subscriptions as well you could only pay by pre-paid code or via credit/debit card or paypal.

hardweir

Found it a bit odd that i cant use credit from my account to subscribe to this,i only have the option to pay by credit card....

MiskyBoyy

irishchris wrote: »

is this available in Ireland? only 6 countries listed when you register your email for this and ireland wasn't one of them.

ps if anyone can invite me to the beta of it would be appreciated

Yes, it's available in every country the Xbox One is currently available in.

Quoting myself from the dashboard preview thread here

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Doesn't work that quick bud. You can't invite directly to EA Access. You can only invite to the dashboard preview and I don't know how long it takes to get an invite. It's random, can take days or weeks depending on how Microsoft feel. Then when you do get an invite to the dashboard update, you aren't guaranteed a code to the EA Access beta.

but if you give me your gamertag or post it in that above thread, I or someone can invite you to the dashboard beta.

irishchris

is this available in Ireland? only 6 countries listed when you register your email for this and ireland wasn't one of them.

ps if anyone can invite me to the beta of it would be appreciated

ItsShane

Signed up for 1 month to try this out. Gonna spend the night giving Battlefield a go!

FAILSAFE 00

I just took a look at a Battlefield 4 Ultimate shortcut bundle priced originally at $49.99, its on the Deals with Gold program.

With the Gold discount its $33.49. So it looks like the EA 10% off is not applied to DLC that is on the "Deals with Gold program" which already has 33% off.

I did go into other BF4 packs and can verify the EA app is applying the 10% off.

Fingleberries

calex71 wrote: »

Hmmm not that I'm even thinking of buying any but the battlefield 4 DLC is on sale this week, would that 10% discount stack with any sales like this on DLC etc?

From what I've seen elsewhere on the Net, the 10% will be applied off the current price in the Store (which is currently 33% off).

So the price is going to be about 60% of the regular price at the moment, if you are on EA Access and XBL Gold.

(Please note that this is second / third hand info at the moment, as I am not in the Dash Preview or Access Beta)

calex71

Hmmm not that I'm even thinking of buying any but the battlefield 4 DLC is on sale this week, would that 10% discount stack with any sales like this on DLC etc?

Fingleberries

awec wrote: »

How will it work with DLC?

BF is there at the moment, what happens if someone with a pass buys BF DLC and then cancels their EA Access sub?

DLC is yours and will work with the game while your EA Access sub is current.

If your sub lapses then the DLC will work with a retail copy of the game (physical or digital) you buy yourself, and will work with the EA Access version when you renew your sub.

FAILSAFE 00

awec wrote: »

How will it work with DLC?

BF is there at the moment, what happens if someone with a pass buys BF DLC and then cancels their EA Access sub?

There's no DLC in the EA Access app. Only games.

You get 10% off all DLC as an EA Access member. So any DLC you buy during your membership will remain on your console after cancelling.

awec

How will it work with DLC?

BF is there at the moment, what happens if someone with a pass buys BF DLC and then cancels their EA Access sub?

Myrddin

gilberto_eire wrote: »

If anyone could invite me to one/both it would be appreciated

GT: GilbertoGalway

You've posted in the proper thread for this already - no need to spam it across multiple threads.

[Deleted User]

If anyone could invite me to one/both it would be appreciated

GT: GilbertoGalway

Stone Deaf 4evr

CatInABox wrote: »

Apparently they've confirmed on twitter that they won't be taking games out of the vault, not going to go looking for it.

Most likely that language is in there for a specific reason, such as at some point in the future, they sell off the rights to one of their franchises, meaning that they can't legally still sell it.

Or, they could put a game in there for a weekend - like a "try titanfall for free" weekend or something, to give the games a push as the retail sales start to decline.

CatInABox

Allyall wrote: »

I don't know, Maybe I'm reading it wrong. On the surface (to me) it doesn't seem great, I'll take it back, and will look more into it before i call it "Terrible"..

Sony don't think it's good value, but that could be just tit for tat/handbags stuff.

That is definitely just handbags stuff, as Sony are currently trying to charge $2.99 to rent a game for four hours on their PS Now service.

In fairness to them, the PS Now service is in beta, and the pricing could change. It would want to change a lot though!

Also in fairness to Sony, the PS+ service is amazing value.

tony1980

All I know right now is that I have got bf4 through it cause of game sharing and premium for 0 :-)

Allyall

I don't know, Maybe I'm reading it wrong. On the surface (to me) it doesn't seem great, I'll take it back, and will look more into it before i call it "Terrible"..

Sony don't think it's good value, but that could be just tit for tat/handbags stuff.

Davei141 wrote: »

How is it terrible? You do know if people don't think it is good value they just won't purchase it? I'm seriously struggling to see the negative angle to all this, as somebody who loves playing sports games locally 2 player this sounds brilliant.

CatInABox wrote: »

Really hard to see how this is terrible to be honest.

From the very start, you get access to four recent enough games for a very decent price, early access to upcoming games, and a discount on all digital products.

Also, all companies are profit making companies, of course they are looking to get more money off people. With this, most people have decided that this is a very good deal, and thus is acceptable to most people.

brav

nanook5 wrote: »

I got a second email saying that I was in the preview program, a day or two ago but nothing about EA

I didnt get email but I got message from XBox live to my Xbox account inviting me to the program.

tony1980

nanook5 wrote: »

Nope

Ah pity, if you were game sharing with someone who had the ea access app, you could download it.

nanook5

tony1980 wrote: »

Are you game sharing with anyone nanook?

Nope

tony1980

Are you game sharing with anyone nanook?

nanook5

calex71 wrote: »

I got no mail either, check your messages on xbox live thats where I got a code.

I got a second email saying that I was in the preview program, a day or two ago but nothing about EA