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Old 07-30-2008, 02:52 PM   #1 (permalink)
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EA Sports looking into possible subscription program future

Posted Jul 30th 2008 11:00AM by Xav de Matos
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During yesterday's EA conference call, EA Sports boss Peter Moore briefly mentioned concepts the studio is considering for the future of their various titles. Moore stated they were looking at instituting "subscription programs" to the EA Sports library in order to "take advantage" of customer loyalty. Of course this could translate to a number of ideas so before we get bent out of shape we should consider it doesn't have to be a bad thing.

Consider a subscription based model that would drop by-the-minute roster updates for your favorite sports games over multiple seasons rather than having to plunk down another full retail chunk of change. While we can't guess what might, if anything at all does, come of this idea we can at least credit EA for being one of the publishers that keeps trying to innovate. Whether some like it or not.
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EA Sports looking into possible subscription program future - Xbox 360 Fanboy
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Old 07-30-2008, 03:30 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Fantastic for anyone who likes sports games, but not we have to buy ourselves a new 360? Boo.
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So they're thinking about making a subscription for sports games, that will allow you to update your rosters and such? Am i getting this right? If i am, this would be ridiculous, they want to rip out every nickle and dime in your pocket.
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Old 07-30-2008, 08:43 PM   #4 (permalink)
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updating rosters without having to buy another game sounds good. but paying for it is stupid. good for people who dont buy sports games frequently, and are enthusiasts.
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That article said they (EA) didn't specify what they meant by this... which means you can pretty much speculate whatever you want right now.
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So they're thinking about making a subscription for sports games, that will allow you to update your rosters and such? Am i getting this right? If i am, this would be ridiculous, they want to rip out every nickle and dime in your pocket.
They said minute-by-minute, that's one hell of a roster subscription. Still not worth the money, but hey, you gotta admit its a cool feature.
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^That would be stupid. There usually isn't good players put on teams that you would worry about for a roster update. Usually big things happen like that in the off-season and before trade deadlines.
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I think the minute by minute thing would be some what cool, but paying for it would not be. I mean, if your team has "live" stats, where player X has a really good game. At the end of the game his stats would be updated to reflect this information.

I am surprised EA has not down something like Madden 08 Super Bowl edition, were the teams are updated and stats updated like a month after each Super Bowl (or any championship game) to reflect the changes that happened in the season.

This also seems like another feature that if EA had additional competition in creating sports games, would be free. Now because they basically own a lot of sports where they are the only ones that make a game for that sport, they can offer it as a paid feature.

It also shows that they may feel like they don't have to make sports games yearly.
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wow just custamize a retarted sports dude and thats it
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^That would be stupid. There usually isn't good players put on teams that you would worry about for a roster update. Usually big things happen like that in the off-season and before trade deadlines.
Well, that's for anyone that wants every single thing to be perfect. So if a rookie comes into the league they can be added to the team!

And btw. Since we're talking about basketball, the Houston Rockets just landed Ron Artest on their team so... We're the new big three!

PG - Tracy McGrady
SG - Ron Artest
SF - Shane Battier
PF - Luis Scola
C - Yao Ming.

That's a pimp roster.
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^Lol, but yeah i think we all know that it's really not worth it to pay for every little thing to be right. Unless you've got to have it for some reason ..
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Unless your a basketball/football/soccer/etc fanatic that wants every team to be perfect.
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