So do people not remember that the reason EA Access isn't on the PS4 is because Sony wouldn't allow it? With only MS allowing it on their platform it was bound to be "exclusive" to Xbox for a short while. I'm not sure why people are upset with EA or MS when this is in Sony's lap.
It's still bullshit that shouldn't be going on. Unless a game is taking longer to build like with GTA 5 on the PC or the developer want to get the console version out first. A multiplat game should have the same release date for the platforms it's coming out on.
But it would be coming out on the PS4 early too if Sony allowed the EA Access program on their platform. This isn't some sort of exclusivity deal, this is all because Sony made decided to make a decision for their customers and say that they didn't want EA Access on their platform. Instead of getting angry at MS or EA you should be getting mad at Sony. They're the ones who are saying their customers shouldn't be getting early access to EA titles through an optional subscription program. Not EA or MS.
It's still bad because of greed. There's making money and there's making money. Look at the expansion packs for Morrowind and the one for Oblivion. They truly felt like added content to the game because of what they were. They weren't some bullshit like Dragonborn one for Skyrim that has content that should have been in the game from the start. Gears of War 3 is even worse. The first map pack is already on the game. They were charging you twice for something you already bought. My point is that early access is as bad as hold back DLC. A game's release date shouldn't be bought.
Ok, but none of that has anything to do with the fact that neither MS or EA have some sort of exclusivity deal and that early access to big titles is one of many perks to the EA Access program. A program that Sony denied their customers the option of opting into.
And why shouldn't a publisher have these sort of incentives for using their services? Do you also hate it when devs give early access to those who pre-order their games?
I'm not a EA Access member so I'll be playing the game on the same day as everyone else. You don't see me getting all up in arms over a multiplatform title being released a few days later on my platform of choice though.
This is basically the same as Bloodborne being released 5 days earlier in the US and Dark souls 2 being released 5 days earlier in the UK. It's a non issue.
PLay Battlefront first with EA Access