Hello Netflix.

I don't like recurring expenses. I prefer to buy a damn thing if i need it. My only subscriptions are to utilities (net, gas, electricity, phone).

Normally I avoid subscription models when it comes to gaming. But that's not bad. For anyone who wanted to try Battlefront that would certainly be a cost effective option - given that you'll likely have moved on long before the cost of the sub matched the price of the game. (Especially true in Battlefront's case if it's as lacking in content as I've heard,)

Same here.. i hate the idea of not owning my games. But need to see if there's any positive sides, and that positive is not dumping $60+ on every game... Although if companies still gave out demos and didn't push DRM this wouldn't be nearly as much a problem.

Yeah, i know... i figured as much.

Was this the big news you hinted at a couple of days ago? I was hoping for something in the lines of older games getting a release with all DLC imcluded without the need for Bioware Points.
Btw are DLCs included in the subscription?

We could if you pay for it. As games are getting super expensive, and streaming technologies are improving, there are less and less reasons for devs to create demos like back in the old days. Else you could just watch on YouTube or Twitch and check it out that way.

Instead of demos, what you are more likely to see are trial periods of the full games. That way devs don't have to maintain two separate code bases.

I assume this is just basic versions, no DLC? I'd do it for a month or two to go through the Dragon Age 2 expansions, but as it is, it's all games I've got (DA and DS series) and crap I wouldn't touch with a barge pole (almost everything else).

I dunno, can't check as it is not available in Sweden.

Too bad they don't include Bioware points.

I'm okay with not owning movies and TV shows (eg, Netflix) because I rarely watch them more than once. I'm okay to pay for streaming/rental. And they're only a few hours.

However, with games, I do re-play them. And a single play takes a long time, with one game often easily surpassing a whole series (not just season) in length. And then there's modding, etc and all the other stuff. This is why games should be owned and not "subscribed to", but it's okay for video (and, to a lesser extent) audio.

The other thing is that I was recently told by a super experienced marketing guy (as in 10+ years of industry experience including several AAA games) that on average demos do not boost sales, they actually more often than not have a negative impact on sales. So even if you could create them at no cost it would still not necessarily be wise to release them. And that's of course excluding the total crap games where demos would only reveal the low quality of the product.

That said: I actually DID buy Defender's Quest because of the HTML5 demo that you could play in the release post.

thanks, but I still don't care about origin, drm, rent, advertising etc

for DA:I it's the DD version. For sims 3 it's starter pack. From what I see, no DLC is included but if it's got a DD version, that is what is in EA access

So worthless, paid demo.

Thats true, selling their games on Origin lets them have more control, but they already released around 50 titles here, I dont think itd hurt them to release a couple more classic games.