EA Access Exclusively On Xbox One Available Now

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http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/...15330f4400000c

$5/ month and you have unlimited access to a list (4 titles to start with) of EA games (not recent ones, of course)

EA ANNOUNCES SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE ON XBOX ONE: EA ACCESS
$5 a month (or $30 a year) nets you unlimited access to a bunch of EA games.
BY COLIN MORIARTY

Today, EA revealed EA Access, an Xbox One-exclusive subscription service that grants players access to EA's so-called Vault.

Subscribing to EA Access will cost $4.99 a month (or $29.99 a year), and since the program is technically in beta, only four games will initially be available: FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, Peggle 2, and Battlefield 4, "with more titles being added soon."

Additionally, EA Access will also net subscribers 10 percent discounts on all EA digital content, which includes full games and DLC, as well as access to trials of new EA games nearly a week before they come out (with saves that copy over to the final game, should you choose to purchase it later). Games that will be eligible for early access and save copy-over are Madden NFL 15, NHL 15, FIFA 15, NBA Live 15, and Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Memberships can be purchased on Xbox Live, and will also be available at retail stores like GameStop and online destinations like Amazon. The subscription service will launch "soon," according to EA, and will be available in North America and Europe.

We'll have more on EA Access as soon as it launches.

Pro: It's only $5 a month for unlimited access to some big games (even if not recent), and additional discounts on EA games via Xbox Marketplace.

Con: It basically removes said games (and perhaps EA entirely) from the PS+ and Games for Gold model types (basically free with sub for online play).
How long until Activision, Ubisoft, Rockstar and Bethesda (to only cite these) follow suite, leveraging their older games for a monthly sub?

Also doubt we will see many older EA games on PSNow with this deal...


Possible extra pro: Possibly lighting a fire under Sony to offer PSNow at a killer monthly sub rate? ($10 for 5 games streamed a month and $15 for unlimited game streamed a month, both plans within a specific sub catalogue? - as companies like Square are leveraging their older titles at $15 a pop on mobile-)