After much speculation and whole lotta rumours (some of them originating all the way back in 2017), EA has finally confirmed that its subscription service, EA Access, is coming to PlayStation 4. Previously, Sony had seemed dismissive of the service, essentially saying that it was poor value for money in 2014, not too long after the PS4 had launched. Of course, here in 2019, things have clearly changed.
So what's the deal? Well, the pricing is the same as it is on Xbox. You're looking at £3.99/$4.99 for a one month subscription, or £19.99/$29.99 for a full year. For those our of the loop, EA Access gives subscribers discounts on new EA releases, early access to upcoming titles, and full access to a large back catalogue of EA games.
It's worth noting that if you have an EA Access account on Xbox already, you won't be able to use that on PS4. In other words, your subscription won't carry over between the two consoles. A bit rubbish, but that's how it goes.
EA Access will launch this July on PS4, and we're sure to hear more about it over the coming weeks.
[source ea.com]
Comments 53
Last time I looked at what was available, I had no interest at all. For me personally, I'd agree with Sony's original statement that there's little to no value in it. Not interested in playing old games, and they've currently nothing else I'm interested in.
Aww man just bought Battlefront 2 last week, would've held out for this! Oh well will be a pleasure to run thru the Mass Effect games again, if they somehow get them to work. Very happy this is finally coming to ps4!
The lack of backwards compatibility pretty much kills any interest I have in signing up on the PS4. It's not worth it for this gen's selection of EA games.
@redd214 No backwards compatibility so no Mass Effect on PS4, sadly.
Nah.
So their charging the same but for less of the content? Since we won't be getting the Mass Effects, Dead Spaces or Mirrors Edges.
I feel like these kinds of things should be announced in the state of plays. I guess it’s cool to just use them to focus on the games, but I just wish they were more fleshed out and included things like this, and ps+ game announcements etc too.
If they start adding exclusive features to Star Wars games for subscribers, I'm gonna be really annoyed. Otherwise, as of right now, this news doesn't impact me in the slightest.
EA Access is great on Xbox imo but as already mentioned the lack of back compatibility is really letting this one down.
Still it's cool to have the option.
If it included each years new FIFA I would pay a tenner more for it.
trash publisher. trash games. who cares?
Great service shame it taken so long to come to PS4. Well worth the money.
Bad news. Probably reduces the possible PS Plus selection. You can buy whatever you want for and have it forever for the price they want.
I wont be signing up to this, if only because a successful service will encourage other developers to do the same, rather than creating a unified streaming platform (see Disney pulling out of netflix, amazon). I have enough subs as it is, without adding more.
it is good news for fans who love sports games like Madden, NHL and Fifa games on PS4 If they don't have xbox one system
And no one cares Well apart from Xbox players it seems as they LOVED it and said it was the best thing ever and were laughing at PlayStation owners because it wasn't on PS4 that is
The only games I'd get this for are all of those old Star Wars games that were announced but there is no chance of those coming to PS4 so I won't be getting this
Ahahahahaha. Ahhahaahahha.
NO.
I got two letters for you EA, one of them is an "F". Go figure.
Well diehard FIFA fans will pay anything to play the game early and brag in the forums about how it's the best ever FIFA and then to it's the worst, after a few patches.
I have zero interest in EA games, think the last one I bought was Battlefield 1 which I did not like that much. Maybe buy a months sub to try out a game I'm not sure on and then use the discount to buy it if it is any good.
You couldn't pay me to play most of their games, if I'm being perfectly honest.
Until today I haven't played an EA game since Mass Effect Afterbirth.
Funnily playing Burnout Paradise was like the good old. Loads of content, great gameplay and really polished. It's crazy how they have changed.
I don’t play a lot of EA games, so I won’t be getting this.
Not only is the PS4 version of EA Access worse then the Xbox One version but it is priced the same? Greedy EA...
Well I suppose I could use it to try out Anthem when it eventually arrives on EA Access...
Nah...
I'll sign up when it lets me play SSX3!
@themcnoisy I thought Paradise was boring as hell after the first few hours but hey!
Will I be able to play Dead Space on PS4, of so I'll have a month
Without BC - it’s not nearly as good.
Still a good value service for that price.
I'm not paying $30 a year to play what us essentially phone games by EA.
I might sign up for a month just to check if it's worth it. No Mass Effect, Dead Space or DA2 to play is a real bummer, though.
@ShogunRok it could come to PSNow. There are some EA titles already on the service.
Could Sony have worked out a way to give access to just EA titles from PSNow?
Cant see there be anything for me. The only game i fancy is inquisition and it's on ps store for less than the price of one month.!! Does each access include dlc as well?
I’ve got a years worth on PC and it’s worth it for all the Hyper Light Drifters etc rather than the EA produced stuff. Plus, you get Mass Effect on PC.
@Stragen8 I agree. I'm amazed sometimes how so many games quietly get confirmed on the blog. With little to no fanfare.
4 quid ain't bad, I'll have a look at the catalogue in the far off future. I have my own back catalogue for now.
This is for people that are gaming on a budget I guess....
Lack of backwards compatibility makes this kind of rubbish to be honest. All the more recent EA titles have been duds. Seriously, besides Apex(which is free), name one awesome title released in the past year or two.
I now don't expect to see many sales on EA games once this is out, but I don't think I'll be signing up to it as right now I don't even think plus is worth it
@kyleforrester87 It's really good. Solid 8-12 hour driving game with quite a bit of variety.
Had it for years on the Xbox One - really good idea as it gives most of the EA sports games included in the subscription even when they're only about 6 months old, and massive discounts on the newer EA games too - with the price even buying just one EA game a year it's worth it. Also got the Origin Access on the PC too. Really disappointed though with Sony as to how it's taken so long to include on the PS4, mind you even more disappointed that my PS4 Pro can't even play UHD movies - although I don't think Sony can do anything to fix that at least they've finally got round to fixing EA Access!
@zimbogamer Unravel is a decent EA title, plus many of the sporting games too.
I have it on my Xbox one x and am more than happy to give them another years sub on PS4 if for nothing else to play peggle one
Btw any news on games like peggle one having trophies
Oh never mind... I thought I could play FIFA and madden every year for 29.99.
But it is "back catalog"
@daveofduncan Let's watch the personal insults please. If you can't respond without insulting others then don't
Thanks for understanding
If I can play all 3 dead space games on PS4 with trophies I’m in
Better late than never. Nothing of value to me but it is good that the option to sign up for this is finally available to PS4 owners who might be interested.
Not that it will happen, but the only way EA could make it vaguely attractive to playstation owners would be to open up its ps2 back catalog via the ps2 classics emulation...SSX Tricky, Nfs Underground 1 & 2 etc.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww...
Hopefully it develops in the future (PS5?), but right now I can't think of any reason to sign up.
Considering I actively avoid most of the games they publish, I can't imagine any reason I'd ever sign up to this without Mass Effect or Dead Space being magically available.
I think it's a good addition. The more the merrier. Don't sign up if you don't like it. I personally won't because a) half the games (PS3) are missing b) I own most of the games on there already and c) I'm a PES man over FIFA. But for £1.66 per month based on an annual pass, you can't really complain.
is there any chance that Sony adding these games to PS Now library, too? after all, they let EA come to their Platform by some reasons after 5 Years...
maybe EA admit to let their games come to PS Now despite of adding some PS3 version of their titles like Battlefield 4 in march 2019, while they could easily added PS4 version instead???
or adding Dead Space 3, Mirror's Edge in recent months!!!
Tap here to load 53 comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...