EA Sports has launched Season Ticket, which is an annual subscription service for its main sports franchises FIFA, Madden, NHL and Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour.
The service will cost subscribers 2000 Microsoft Points annually and it allows members to download the full version of each new release three days before it hits stores. Once the game is released to the general public, the download will expire. However, those who earned levels and achievements during the three-day period will be able to transfer the game data back over into the game once it is purchased.
Other incentives include a 20 percent discount on all EA Sports DLC, access to free “premium web content”, and a membership badge for in-game and profile bragging rights.
“We’ve been talking to consumers in the US and over there in Europe about the type of thing they would like to see that they aren’t currently getting from their EA Sports experiences,” EA Sports’ Peter Moore told GI.biz in an interview.
“It’s very important to communicate that this doesn’t change anything about EA Sports other than to add a layer on for people who are interested in those areas. It doesn’t subtract or detract in any way from the core experience.”
Moore said the program isn’t about “making a profit in the early going,” but about providing value to the firm’s core sports consumer.
“It’s about figuring out…a price that isn’t going to eliminate a huge amount of people for the value that’s delivered,” he said. “We took it to the consumers and asked what they thought. The price we landed on is around 2000 points, and we think it’s a great price.”
The service is available for Australia, Europe, North America and New Zealand on Xbox 360, and on PS3 in North America.
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2000 MSP is what £16? for that in FIFA 12 you would apparently get :
*Access to the game 3 days early
*20-percent discount on all available downloadable content for participating EA SPORTS titles. Downloadable content, which enhances and refreshes the core game experience, includes such items as Ultimate Team packs, accelerator packs and gear upgrades.
*All participating titles will feature premium web content that will be free to EA SPORTS Season Ticket members beginning with the premium Creation Centre packs for FIFA 12. These packs provide a deeper set of customisation tools and abilities within Creation Centre to build your own teams and tournaments, and will be available to the consumer until the membership to the program has expired.
To be honest,it doesn't sound that bad,but it's just another way for EA to line there pockets,let's be honest. If you can't wait 3 days for FIFA to be released or spend alot on Ultimate team already or enjoyed Creation Center experience (don't know why you would?
based on FIFA 11's) then I guess £16 a year isn't that bad.
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Fucking money grabbing bastards.
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Waste of money. 
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Damn I thought it included the game. Fuck that then.
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Again, they're just trying to squeeze money out of us. The only real novelty is getting the game 3 days earlier, and i'm not that much of a lowlife to pay £16 for that.
Poor effort EA, no thanks.
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Wait, is the £16 in addition to the money for the game? 
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Keanoo wrote:EA Sports has launched Season Ticket, which is an annual subscription service for its main sports franchises FIFA, Madden, NHL and Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour.
The service will cost subscribers 2000 Microsoft Points annually and it allows members to download the full version of each new release three days before it hits stores. Once the game is released to the general public, the download will expire. However, those who earned levels and achievements during the three-day period will be able to transfer the game data back over into the game once it is purchased.
Other incentives include a 20 percent discount on all EA Sports DLC, access to free “premium web content”, and a membership badge for in-game and profile bragging rights.
“We’ve been talking to consumers in the US and over there in Europe about the type of thing they would like to see that they aren’t currently getting from their EA Sports experiences,” EA Sports’ Peter Moore told GI.biz in an interview.
“It’s very important to communicate that this doesn’t change anything about EA Sports other than to add a layer on for people who are interested in those areas. It doesn’t subtract or detract in any way from the core experience.”
Moore said the program isn’t about “making a profit in the early going,” but about providing value to the firm’s core sports consumer.
“It’s about figuring out…a price that isn’t going to eliminate a huge amount of people for the value that’s delivered,” he said. “We took it to the consumers and asked what they thought. The price we landed on is around 2000 points, and we think it’s a great price.”
The service is available for Australia, Europe, North America and New Zealand on Xbox 360, and on PS3 in North America.
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SBSP wrote:Wait, is the £16 in addition to the money for the game?
Yeah, thats like £40 + £16 to get it 3 days before release. Nobody cares about getting DL content a little bit cheaper and the web content.
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What a joke.JMB_94 wrote:SBSP wrote:Wait, is the £16 in addition to the money for the game?
Yeah, thats like £40 + £16 to get it 3 days before release. Nobody cares about getting DL content a little bit cheaper and the web content.
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3 days earlier? Wooooooooooooooooooooooooo. 
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3 days earlier?
Fuck that, anyone in their right mind that owns an Xbox would be smashing Gears 3 then anyway.
Fuck that, anyone in their right mind that owns an Xbox would be smashing Gears 3 then anyway.
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Danny wrote:3 days earlier?
Fuck that, anyone in their right mind that owns an Xbox would be smashing Gears 3 then anyway.
I'll be smashing you. aleee
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My sprocket is primed and ready.Mal wrote:Danny wrote:3 days earlier?
Fuck that, anyone in their right mind that owns an Xbox would be smashing Gears 3 then anyway.
I'll be smashing you. aleee
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I bet people are gonna be dumb enough to pay for that..
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What a waste of money.
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I heard Scott, Moorzy and Pilkz are buying it.
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I'm not surprised by anything EA do anymore. They'd charge you for every hour of gameplay on their games if they could get away with it.
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Oh dear.El Pipita wrote:I heard Scott, Moorzy and Pilkz are buying it.
I downloaded the EA thing, where you can actually buy the pass and shit, but that's all it is.
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