Was it actually up in the US Vault before the EU Vault?
Very bad communication, if so, but I think what actually happened was that someone cocked up and either posted the original announcement on the EA Blog too early, or the game itself was delayed for all.
The announcement didn't say anything about it coming to the US first and then rolling out, it simply said that it was now available - no mention of only being available in a certain location.
When I found that it wasn't actually out, or at least wasn't out here, I Tweeted EA and EA Support replied "I apologize for the confusion. We're looking into that now, so please check back. Thanks for your patience. ^EC".
Not long after that, the post at the EA Blog was deleted.
I asked again a while later, and the EA account replied to me saying "PvZ Garden Warfare is now available in the Vault!".
It was around that same time that the EA Access and Plants vs. Zombies Twitter accounts both posted to say that it was *now* in The Vault.
A replacement announcement was posted at the EA Access section of EA.com, and later the original one at the EA Blog was magically restored.
Do you guys think other companies (such as Capcom, Konami, Square-Enix etc) could jump on the bandwagon and have similar EA-Access type services? 😳 ... Gotta admit I'd be tempted!
Do you guys think other companies (such as Capcom, Konami, Square-Enix etc) could jump on the bandwagon and have similar EA-Access type services? 😳 ... Gotta admit I'd be tempted!
I would be very surprised if they weren't keep an eye on how it's working out for EA. They're all probably waiting to hear some figures from EA in terms of subscriber numbers and how it's affect new games sales.
The problem is for this type of service is that it's a fine art between providing decent games in the vault while not affect the sales of new games. I mean if your not in a rush to own the latest title then it would make sense to wait for it to appear on Access. At the same time having a huge chunk of people paying you £20 a year to play old games which you wouldn't be making any more money from is a big win.
I can't imagine EA access being amazingly successful. MS/EA haven't exactly been pushing it at all...
Word of mouth, forums etc is all the pushing they need right now while it establishes itself. I've told a few people at work about it and they signed up, they've told a few etc. Plus every time a new game is added it's up on gaming news sites and Neogaf normally has a massive thread.
Maybe once it has some more games then they will do a marketing push. MS have a good Christmas line-up so they are pushing that, so maybe they are waiting for a dry spell before pushing Access. Right after Christmas would be ideal with many people with new consoles and some games but no money left. "Hey parents, for £20 your kids can play 5 games and more are added...." The again, MS PR dept isn't exactly the best so who knows
I would be very surprised if they weren't keep an eye on how it's working out for EA. They're all probably waiting to hear some figures from EA in terms of subscriber numbers and how it's affect new games sales.
The problem is for this type of service is that it's a fine art between providing decent games in the vault while not affect the sales of new games. I mean if your not in a rush to own the latest title then it would make sense to wait for it to appear on Access. At the same time having a huge chunk of people paying you £20 a year to play old games which you wouldn't be making any more money from is a big win.
I'd love a capcom type service for £20 per year! 😎
(Old capcom classics + 10% off all new titles! 😉 ... Take my money!!!) 💴💵💷💶💳💸
It is a very smart way of doing things. I do think more companies will jump on it. When Titanfall 2 is released - who will buy Titanfall 1? Very few people. I imagine it'll come up on EA Access at some point.
Same goes for games like Assassins Creed - although, perhaps they have more staying power. But once a new AC is released, the previous titles drop to pounds and are already available on Steam during sales for less than a fiver each.
It's perfect for pretty much all companies to cash in on their yearly series..
Yup, although I'm sure the main worry for these companies is it may start to encourage people to just wait a year for the game to appear on the service instead of buying it straight away.
There will always be a good number of people who will purchase big games within the first month, but it may encourage some to wait. So it's a whole balancing act I guess.
They have been doing 1 game per month since they started and the only 2 games left from there next gen launch would be last years nba and ufc. Both games are one that I wouldn't mind playing but would never be willing to buy, plus I don't care if the rosters for these games are a year out of date, I don't follow American sports that often.But I do follow the ufc though.
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Excellent news. Another disk I can get rid of
Awesome, cheers guys. I'll pick it up once I get my XB1.
Keep me quiet, more like it. ;-)
Currently not in the vault for EU, though.
Was it actually up in the US Vault before the EU Vault?
Very bad communication, if so, but I think what actually happened was that someone cocked up and either posted the original announcement on the EA Blog too early, or the game itself was delayed for all.
The announcement didn't say anything about it coming to the US first and then rolling out, it simply said that it was now available - no mention of only being available in a certain location.
When I found that it wasn't actually out, or at least wasn't out here, I Tweeted EA and EA Support replied "I apologize for the confusion. We're looking into that now, so please check back. Thanks for your patience. ^EC".
Not long after that, the post at the EA Blog was deleted.
I asked again a while later, and the EA account replied to me saying "PvZ Garden Warfare is now available in the Vault!".
It was around that same time that the EA Access and Plants vs. Zombies Twitter accounts both posted to say that it was *now* in The Vault.
A replacement announcement was posted at the EA Access section of EA.com, and later the original one at the EA Blog was magically restored.
I would be very surprised if they weren't keep an eye on how it's working out for EA. They're all probably waiting to hear some figures from EA in terms of subscriber numbers and how it's affect new games sales.
The problem is for this type of service is that it's a fine art between providing decent games in the vault while not affect the sales of new games. I mean if your not in a rush to own the latest title then it would make sense to wait for it to appear on Access. At the same time having a huge chunk of people paying you £20 a year to play old games which you wouldn't be making any more money from is a big win.
Word of mouth, forums etc is all the pushing they need right now while it establishes itself. I've told a few people at work about it and they signed up, they've told a few etc. Plus every time a new game is added it's up on gaming news sites and Neogaf normally has a massive thread.
Maybe once it has some more games then they will do a marketing push. MS have a good Christmas line-up so they are pushing that, so maybe they are waiting for a dry spell before pushing Access. Right after Christmas would be ideal with many people with new consoles and some games but no money left. "Hey parents, for £20 your kids can play 5 games and more are added...."
I'd love a capcom type service for £20 per year! 😎
(Old capcom classics + 10% off all new titles! 😉 ... Take my money!!!) 💴💵💷💶💳💸
Same goes for games like Assassins Creed - although, perhaps they have more staying power. But once a new AC is released, the previous titles drop to pounds and are already available on Steam during sales for less than a fiver each.
It's perfect for pretty much all companies to cash in on their yearly series..
There will always be a good number of people who will purchase big games within the first month, but it may encourage some to wait. So it's a whole balancing act I guess.
What makes you think that?
Fair enough.
To answer your question, it's going still. No complaints from me. Good value for money already.
No, but that was only added a month ago. There aren't new titles every month.
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