I just bought this game for 9 dollars......

and you paid too much for it, its part of EA's Origin Access program now, where for $5 a month iirc you can get MEA, DA:I, BF1, 4, 5 Battlefront and whole host of other games.

Yeah I saw that on another post. I don't have EA Origin access, and frankly given the kind of company EA is I don't think they deserve any of my money. Will likely be only buying their games used. I regret buying Madden 18, unfortunately my friends convinced me to get it 

Harsh.

I wasn't sure about that when I posted because I don't play on PC.  I just confirmed that on Suikoden's thread... the games you acquired from the vault become unplayable if you cancel your membership.  With owning the disc, you've got access to the game as long as you don't start using the disc as a coaster.  I've gotten a few games now through Xbox Live's "Games with Gold" program... and I'm honestly not sure whether or not they will stay playable if I cancalled my Live Gold membership.  I can currently play the ones I've acquired completely off line, but I'm not sure if that's any indication or not.

That might be one reason why EA is trying to put more into the vault more quickly... to make the service appear more cost effective for newer gamers over buying the games outright.

For a month, yes. And you keep on paying if you want to keep it.

... and should I care?  I really don't - buy what you want, don't buy what you don't... and leave me to do the same.  It doesn't change my notion that EA's assumed motivation for making this move may not be because ME:A sold so terribly (as some are assuming here)... but that it's instead one way they think they can make their vault program seem more worthwhile - by putting a game they think has some value into the program (like selling a great loss leader item in a store... it draws people in the door).

why on earth would you need it for longer

Standard for PS4 I should say

Uh because it takes a lot of people longer than a month to beat this game. You know some of us have lives and don't spend 10+ hours a day playing video games.

XBL Gold = You are granted the licence for games given away as long as you are an active paying member at the time of the promotion, and have completed the purchase process (you don't have to pay extra, but you do have to click "Buy" or "Get This" depending on which menu you're in.)

Because it uses the "purchase" function, you get the licence without paying extra (it isn't "free" because you still paid for it.)

EA Access = Glorified Rental. Pay them money every two weeks (or whatever the pay period is) and you will receive whichever games are currently part of the package, subject to change. The rental ends unless renewed, so you are not given the licence by this program. Games rented via programs like this are referred to as "Streaming Games" and PSN has an equivalent program that works the same way.


As to OP: $9 is a good deal for the ME:A licence, assuming you get at least a few hours of enjoyment out of it. Even if you don't end up liking the game, it should be easy enough to walk away from it knowing you didn't spend $60 or more.

Truthfully, as soon as I saw them at Goodwill, I knew it was over for this game. Desert is now Goodwill guys. It's where junk goes to die.