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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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# 441 SirRoyal @ 08/19/14 08:18 AM
Here is my problem with the 6 hour access. For the last couple years we've been offered season ticket which many of us have bought and enjoyed getting the unlimited time for 3 days. When I read that there wouldn't be season ticket on next gen I was disappointed. When the information for EA Access came out I, like others, just wrongly assumed that this would be the new version of season ticket. Which they never said a time limit until days before scheduled early access and that is another reason this is such a large issue.

Besides increasing the play time from 6 hours the only other way I can see EA saving some face is leave the early access at 6 hours but also bring season ticket to next gen. Ok access is for all of EA which is fine, but just have a different service for season ticket again, I know it would be two seperate subscriptions, but it would be a win for ea to make more money and please sports fans while also offering access to their non sports fans or vault interested fans.

Edit: I would also be happy with if you have the option to immediately buy the full game through ea access after the trial period and continue playing for already committing your money to the game in an obvious way they can see and reward you.
 
# 442 Mauler97 @ 08/19/14 08:55 AM
Has it been mentioned how they are going to count the 6 hours? If I'm playing and then go to TV and it's paused is it counting?

What if I have to go to the bathroom? Can I get a lavatory pass EA?
 
# 443 TexasFan2005 @ 08/19/14 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by slgrant
Who has 6 hours of free time to play video games. Maybe 2-3, but 6...DAM, must be nice!!!!!!!

A lot of people were just used to the Season Ticket for last gen, so they had high hopes that EA Access would be no different (for sports games at least). I'm not saying EA hasn't been saying that games would only be available for a limited time.

Also, a lot of people make plans for the first weekend they have Madden, and I'm sure many people that got EA Access did just that.. Whether it be taking time off of work and playing a few hours of franchise or having some beers with friends while playing a tourny. 6 hours may br longer than some people may think, but it doesn't take away the fact that every person that plays it is going to feel rushed, thus taking away some enjoyment.
 
# 444 TexasFan2005 @ 08/19/14 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Mauler97
Has it been mentioned how they are going to count the 6 hours? If I'm playing and then go to TV and it's paused is it counting?

Don't think anyone knows the specifics just yet. It'd be nice, however, that if the 6 hours are up, that you'd be able to at least browse menus and better yet be limited to watching CPU vs CPU games. I think there's zero chance for that, but it'd make the situation a bit better.
 
# 445 fancyclaps @ 08/19/14 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by slgrant
Who has 6 hours of free time to play video games. Maybe 2-3, but 6...DAM, must be nice!!!!!!!
My gf dumped me and I don't have any kids. So what else am I going to do! Haha
 
# 446 primetime219 @ 08/19/14 09:29 AM
Can ea sports change it from 6 hrs to unlimited ..... Also does anyone think they will
 
# 447 GingaNinjaUNC @ 08/19/14 09:41 AM
Just going to drop my .02 here after watching these boards implode over (IMO) an expected announcement. Anyone who was expecting this to be Season Ticket 2.0 was fooling themselves. You're telling me that for only 5 bucks more a year, you wanted vault games, DLC discount, digital GAME discounts, AND the same level of early access for sports games that ST gave you? That sure is optimistic.

I am very grateful for 6 hours, it's 6 hours MORE than you would have any other way, and you get the other benefits. If you don't like the vault games/have them already/ whatever, cool, you still get the discounts. If that doesn't do it for you, then maybe this isn't for you, and that's fine too. But anyone who came in expecting Season Ticket AND everything else for only $5 more is really at no fault but their own.
 
# 448 IowaAJ @ 08/19/14 09:57 AM
Really disappointed they made it out to be like Season Ticket than pull this. I guess I'm out 30 dollars
 
# 449 Beardown @ 08/19/14 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by GingaNinjaUNC
Just going to drop my .02 here after watching these boards implode over (IMO) an expected announcement. Anyone who was expecting this to be Season Ticket 2.0 was fooling themselves. You're telling me that for only 5 bucks more a year, you wanted vault games, DLC discount, digital GAME discounts, AND the same level of early access for sports games that ST gave you? That sure is optimistic.

I am very grateful for 6 hours, it's 6 hours MORE than you would have any other way, and you get the other benefits. If you don't like the vault games/have them already/ whatever, cool, you still get the discounts. If that doesn't do it for you, then maybe this isn't for you, and that's fine too. But anyone who came in expecting Season Ticket AND everything else for only $5 more is really at no fault but their own.
True we should not have taken it for granted that it would be Season Ticket. However, as a business person I do not see the strategy of limiting sports games. What is the harm in having it like Season Ticket, none that I can think of other than people tearing the game apart which is what I believe is behind the move. On the other hand you can limit it to six hours and piss off your customers such as me and we cancel EA Access. I know if I was confident in my game I would not be making the same decision EA is making from a business perspective.
 
# 450 Gorilla Glass @ 08/19/14 09:59 AM
I was hoping to wake up to Peter Moore coming to his senses. lol

Anyways Maybe EA should consider making Madden NFL 15 unlimited to at least yearly subscription holders.

That way it's basically it's atleast treated like the Season Ticket.
 
# 451 MEEKS973 @ 08/19/14 10:01 AM
I just hope we can get some sliders out of this. Thank you xbox users.
 
# 452 GingaNinjaUNC @ 08/19/14 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Beardown
True we should not have taken it for granted that it would be Season Ticket. However, as a business person I do not see the strategy of limiting sports games. What is the harm in having it like Season Ticket, none that I can think of other than people tearing the game apart which is what I believe is behind the move. On the other hand you can limit it to six hours and piss off your customers such as me and we cancel EA Access. I know if I was confident in my game I would not be making the same decision EA is making from a business perspective.
And I totally get this point of view, that people are disappointed with the limit and all that. However, I don't think it was necessarily a dig at sports gamers, it's just the nature of the program. They didn't start EA Access with the intention of it being like ST, it just happens to offer some early access to ALL EA games, and at the start I'm sure they decided that ALL EA games would have a limited amount of playtime before release, and sports games just have the disadvantage of being compared to a completely different EA services offered on a different generation of platforms.
 
# 453 IowaAJ @ 08/19/14 10:05 AM
They kept this a secret long enough where people who love sports games would spend 30 dollars on this so they could play all the ea sports games.
 
# 454 TexasFan2005 @ 08/19/14 10:06 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gorilla Glass
Anyways Maybe EA should consider making Madden NFL 15 unlimited to at least yearly subscription holders.

That's a good idea actually. Name the subscriptions something like monthly = silver, yearly = gold, and with gold you'd be able to have full, unlimited access for a few days.
 
# 455 roadman @ 08/19/14 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Beardown
True we should not have taken it for granted that it would be Season Ticket. However, as a business person I do not see the strategy of limiting sports games. What is the harm in having it like Season Ticket, none that I can think of other than people tearing the game apart which is what I believe is behind the move. On the other hand you can limit it to six hours and piss off your customers such as me and we cancel EA Access. I know if I was confident in my game I would not be making the same decision EA is making from a business perspective.
I understand what you are saying, but there has been a gazillion videos shown within the past week and EA allowed that to happen last Friday at noon eastern time.

So, it didn't boil down to a confidence level in their game.
 
# 456 ricky24 @ 08/19/14 10:08 AM
Ea never made this out to be season ticket. If you thought that it is your own fault.
 
# 457 IowaAJ @ 08/19/14 10:09 AM
So when are they releasing it so we can download it?
 
# 458 Smoke6 @ 08/19/14 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ricky24
Ea never made this out to be season ticket. If you thought that it is your own fault.
Im pretty sure you thought the same, if this was known before hand I'm pretty sure the reactions and amount of people signing up would have changed. If you are just interested in playing madden that bad then cool, but otherwise its not really worth it for 6hrs thru 5 days.
 
# 459 ricky24 @ 08/19/14 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by The Real Ma$$ive
Yeah, now I understand why Sony said what they said, and did what they did when they did it...

I highly doubt sonys decision had anything to do with the amount of hours we get early access to madden. It had everything to do with their subscription service that is already in place.
 
# 460 OhMrHanky @ 08/19/14 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Beardown
True we should not have taken it for granted that it would be Season Ticket. However, as a business person I do not see the strategy of limiting sports games. What is the harm in having it like Season Ticket, none that I can think of other than people tearing the game apart which is what I believe is behind the move. On the other hand you can limit it to six hours and piss off your customers such as me and we cancel EA Access. I know if I was confident in my game I would not be making the same decision EA is making from a business perspective.

Yep. Absolutely. From a technical standpoint as some of the mods have pointed out, we were told there 'may' be limited access for certain games. Many of us thought because season ticket gave unlimited access, this would, too. So, ultimately there were assumptions made on our part, and maybe lack of full disclosure on ea's part. But, this is the point that's starting to stick out to me, and purely from a biz perspective. Legitimately, what do they have to lose by allowing unlimited access for the 5 days. If 6 hours doesn't give u a clue as to what the game is doing (bad or good), I don't see what the harm is in giving the people what they want. Is it playable online for the 5 days? Are their servers going to be used for 5 extra days costing them jillions of dollars? So, for me, if you're not losing anything, u should've just made it unlimited. This would've gone such a long way towards making positive relations with fans again. And, if they are fearful that no one will buy the game after trying it out, I guess that's their biz decision. IMO, the better decision would be to help win back the fan base, but I'm not personally all about the benjamins, so not sure their entire strategy, here. So, here again, I think someone in their PR dept really needs to step in and help out their image.


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