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EA Access Gives You Just Six Hours Of Madden NFL 15 Gameplay

  01:21 PM - August 18, 2014 by Steve_OS

The official EA Access twitter account today confirmed that the platform will only support six hours of Madden NFL 15 gameplay. Considering EA Sports Season Ticket offers Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 users access to the game for three full days, this news comes as a disappointment for Xbox One fans.

Without a Madden NFL 15 demo, EA Access and EA Sports Season Ticket is the only way consumers can play the game early. Unfortunately, EA Access is exclusive to the Xbox One, which means PlayStation 4 gamers are left out in the cold on any early access period.

While EA Access certainly has its benefits with The Vault, the sports gamer looked at the deal as a no-brainer, since it offered early access to games. However, with time limits set to just six hours of gameplay, that could deter many of them.

While EA Sports has confirmed demos for both NHL 15 and FIFA 15, we would like to hear from the community concerning the six hour gameplay limit for Madden NFL 15 on EA Access.

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# 321 Dr Death @ 08/18/14 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Gorilla Glass
I don't know if EA is willing to change its stance, but Twitter is on fire.

EA can't be happy with the response.
Good, they brought it on themselves, so they deserve whatever backlash happens. It seems as though they are taking every step to hide the game from people - no demo, limited "early access" - if they are really proud of the game and feel that it's a great step forward, why do all this?

At this point all that we - the people who actually play the game - can hope for is that this stupid exclusive license expires soon and we have more than just one game to choose from. Because I'll guarantee you if they had any competition at all, this wouldn't be happening.
 
# 322 friscob @ 08/18/14 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by SamuraiX
Wow, well now I know why PS4 said it was a bad deal.
Have you seen the PS Now prices??
 
# 323 AmericasTeam @ 08/18/14 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by fancyclaps
No one was forced to buy it. I waited to hear how long we would have it for. And you know what, I'm still going to throw down $5 to get it early, you know why? Because it's ONLY FIVE BUCKS. haha
Yeah, its only 5 bucks. No big deal. If a homeless person asked me for it, strangers needing gas money to get home, travelers needing money to eat, or someone in the parking lot of Walgreen's needing money for their medication (which have all happened to me in the recent past) I would gladly give them more than five bucks. When it comes to wealthy companies like EA, no thanks. They have enough money. If it's only five bucks, please everyone donate to my Paypal. Its only five bucks.
 
# 324 Knight165 @ 08/18/14 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by friscob
Have you seen the PS Now prices??
PSNow is only EA games?

M.K.
Knight165
 
# 325 friscob @ 08/18/14 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AmericasTeam
Yeah, its only 5 bucks. No big deal. If a homeless person asked me for it, strangers needing gas money to get home, travelers needing money to eat, or someone in the parking lot of Walgreen's needing money for their medication (which have all happened to me in the recent past) I would gladly give them more than five bucks. When it comes to wealthy companies like EA, no thanks. They have enough money. If it's only five bucks, please everyone donate to my Paypal. Its only five bucks.
Pay a company $5 for an actual product that can provide hours of entertainment or send you $5 for absolutely nothing. Such a tough choice. Beautiful logic. Much love.
 
# 326 friscob @ 08/18/14 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Knight165
PSNow is only EA games?

M.K.
Knight165
This has nothing to do with the comment talking about "value". No need to relive the tired argument of Sony deciding for people what is valuable and what's not while they have a streaming service with terrible prices. I own both consoles so fangirls can slow your role.
 
# 327 fancyclaps @ 08/18/14 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by AmericasTeam
Yeah, its only 5 bucks. No big deal. If a homeless person asked me for it, strangers needing gas money to get home, travelers needing money to eat, or someone in the parking lot of Walgreen's needing money for their medication (which have all happened to me in the recent past) I would gladly give them more than five bucks. When it comes to wealthy companies like EA, no thanks. They have enough money. If it's only five bucks, please everyone donate to my Paypal. Its only five bucks.
If you can provide me 6 hours of entertainment for 5 dollars, sure.

Actually, maybe we should end this discussion, we're potentially entering some weird territory now....
 
# 328 AmericasTeam @ 08/18/14 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by fancyclaps
If you can provide me 6 hours of entertainment for 5 dollars, sure.

Actually, maybe we should end this discussion, we're potentially entering some weird territory now....
Ha! This post made my night! Been a while since a post made me actually laugh out loud. Touche!
 
# 329 Mauer4MVP @ 08/18/14 10:26 PM
People are more than welcome to be upset (I am disappointed as well). They are also more than welcome to not think the EA Access is worth the money (I happen to think it is great).

But by the beard of Zeus, stop this non-sense pretending Sony was looking out for their consumers because they knew the early access would be limited.

They passed for one reason and one reason only: Playstation Now.
 
# 330 kiing 360 @ 08/18/14 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by friscob
Wow, this is pathetic. People carrying on about a service that costs $5 a month or $30 for the year and allows you to play multiple full versions of games and get 10% discounts on new games. I don't get it
That's NOT what people are "carrying on" about. People are mainly upset due to the fact EA portrayed their product as one thing and then once they got a plethora of customers to buy in, they release a half-assed stipulation to their product. think about this...Why would they all-a-sudden release this "EA access" a month before Madden? Hmmm, maybe because they knew the all-mighty Madden would be the top selling point in 90% of customers eyes, and thus make them buy into a product that grants them access to Madden 5 days early. Do you think they would have gotten soo many interested clients, if from the beginning they said "Madden 15 early access will be available 5 days before release date, for only a 6 hour trial period" I can almost guarantee "Ea early access" would have flopped. So to sum it up, people feel more cheated and swindled more than anything. Too top it off Ea still hasn't commented or released an official statement about the situation that has this community in an up-roar. Its an atrocity of bad business moves on EA's part.
 
# 331 AmericasTeam @ 08/18/14 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by friscob
Pay a company $5 for an actual product that can provide hours of entertainment or send you $5 for absolutely nothing. Such a tough choice. Beautiful logic. Much love.
I don't want or need your money. You missed the point my friend.
 
# 332 fancyclaps @ 08/18/14 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by kiing 360
That's NOT what people are "carrying on" about. People are mainly upset due to the fact EA portrayed their product as one thing and then once they got a plethora of customers to buy in, they release a half-assed stipulation to their product. think about this...Why would they all-a-sudden release this "EA access" a month before Madden? Hmmm, maybe because they knew the all-mighty Madden would be the top selling point in 90% of customers eyes, and thus make them buy into a product that grants them access to Madden 5 days early. Do you think they would have gotten soo many interested clients, if from the beginning they said "Madden 15 early access will be available 5 days before release date, for only a 6 hour trial period" I can almost guarantee "Ea early access" would have flopped. So to sum it up, people feel more cheated and swindled more than anything. Too top it off Ea still hasn't commented or release an official statement that had this community in an up-roar. Its an atrocity of bad business moves on EA's part.
To be fair, right off the bat EA said that the amount of access and how long the access lasted would vary from game to game.
 
# 333 Gorilla Glass @ 08/18/14 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by kiing 360
That's NOT what people are "carrying on" about. People are mainly upset due to the fact EA portrayed their product as one thing and then once they got a plethora of customers to buy in, they release a half-assed stipulation to their product. think about this...Why would they all-a-sudden release this "EA access" a month before Madden? Hmmm, maybe because they knew the all-mighty Madden would be the top selling point in 90% of customers eyes, and thus make them buy into a product that grants them access to Madden 5 days early. Do you think they would have gotten soo many interested clients, if from the beginning they said "Madden 15 early access will be available 5 days before release date, for only a 6 hour trial period" I can almost guarantee "Ea early access" would have flopped. So to sum it up, people feel more cheated and swindled more than anything. Too top it off Ea still hasn't commented or released an official statement about the situation that has this community in an up-roar. Its an atrocity of bad business moves on EA's part.
This right here.
 
# 334 kehlis @ 08/18/14 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by fancyclaps
To be fair, right off the bat EA said that the amount of access and how long the access lasted would vary from game to game.
I tried explaining that to him yesterday before this announcement was made official.
 
# 335 kiing 360 @ 08/18/14 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by fancyclaps
To be fair, right off the bat EA said that the amount of access and how long the access lasted would vary from game to game.
Correct, but why not say that from the beginning. Why not answer that question right away when it was asked a month ago and everyday since then. I can almost guarantee that who ever runs the Ea access page wasn't supposed to give out that information just yet. Now look at the **** storm....
 
# 336 ricky24 @ 08/18/14 10:39 PM
I don't feel cheated or swindled mostly because I have known for a while I was not getting 5 full days of madden.
 
# 337 kiing 360 @ 08/18/14 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by kehlis
I tried explaining that to him yesterday before this announcement was made official.
lol yea you did, But I was blinded by the lights of EAs audacity and couldn't see the pure money hungry, seedy grubbiness that was right before my eyes
 
# 338 Millennium @ 08/18/14 10:44 PM
Ok, this is where we attempt to have constructive conversation.
On one side: Yes, it was never clearly stated (until today) the exact time limit. We KNEW there was a time limit on early access, but not the exact amount. To this point, 6 hours is PLENTY of time to decide whether you like the game enough to purchase it.

Let's talk about purchasing. You get 10% off digitally. A $60 purchase comes to $6. If you buy 5 EA game digitally, the yearl subscription has now paid for itself.

It also includes Vault titles (currently 4 of EA's most popular titles).

I'm not schilling for EA. Today, on my Twitter page, I said that I was happy the time limit was announced, because it made it easier to cancel my subscription. And for me, that is true. I will be purchasing my EA Sports games on the PS4. But I waited to post until I was less angry. And looking at it as a whole, EA Access is a valid deal for Xbox One gamers looking to go digital. The early access is only one portion of the subscription.

EA Access is not Season Ticket, and it was never meant to be.

Now, if you can't post maturely about this situation, don't. Enough bans have been handed out already, please don't make us as a staff continue.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3
 
# 339 fancyclaps @ 08/18/14 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by kiing 360
Correct, but why not say that from the beginning. Why not answer that question right away when it was asked a month ago and everyday since then. I can almost guarantee that who ever runs the Ea access page wasn't supposed to give out that information just yet. Now look at the **** storm....
Maybe there were a lot of internal discussions about how long the access should be given for.

I don't know, I'm just saying EA told us from the get go that there was no guarantee it would be for 5 full days. EA has no obligation to give us a game 5 days early, but they did (along with full versions of 4 other games). And I'll enjoy my 6 hours of Madden (and Peggle 2 lol).
 
# 340 str8outtajerzy @ 08/18/14 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by kiing 360
That's NOT what people are "carrying on" about. People are mainly upset due to the fact EA portrayed their product as one thing and then once they got a plethora of customers to buy in, they release a half-assed stipulation to their product. think about this...Why would they all-a-sudden release this "EA access" a month before Madden? Hmmm, maybe because they knew the all-mighty Madden would be the top selling point in 90% of customers eyes, and thus make them buy into a product that grants them access to Madden 5 days early. Do you think they would have gotten soo many interested clients, if from the beginning they said "Madden 15 early access will be available 5 days before release date, for only a 6 hour trial period" I can almost guarantee "Ea early access" would have flopped. So to sum it up, people feel more cheated and swindled more than anything. Too top it off Ea still hasn't commented or release an official statement that had this community in an up-roar. Its an atrocity of bad business moves on EA's part.
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