EA/Origin Access thread (A few more hours for the 23rders)

Well, good then that i have EA Access.

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I'd rather play the full thing. I hate limitations.

That's tempting. How much is Access?

If progress doesn't carry over to the actual game, I'd rather just start on the 21st. Don't wanna have to redo all the beginning areas and such on release day if I've already played them. lol

Progress carries over.
10 hour limit.
The plot is likely gated (DAI was gated after the Hinterlands).
It can be as frustrating as it can be nice.

$4.99 a month or $29.99 a year.

It's $4.99 Us a month.  also includes free unlimited access to Vault games and you get a 10% discount on all games and DLC you purchase which is also added to existing sales.

So I could get it on March first for a month then cancel it, if I chose?

I'm still on the fence about this game anyway. Not rushing to buy it.

Yes. And like it has been said, you would save 6 bucks since you get a 10% discount as a member.

Good to know will spend most of this trial in character creator if they at last make it alike CC in BD,APD or even Bless

The frustration for me (having done the DAI trial) was having a ticking clock on my head.

I could quite happily burn through 10 hours and then be waiting 6 days to the 23rd...

It's nice, not complaining, got a 10% game discount as well...

Sure, this isn't like 'pay to win', but it smacks a bit too much of ransom, IF getting the game is your only incentive for signing up, and you're planning to cancel once you get the game.

There are other ways of enticing people to sign up; like short trial periods, etc. (and if the service is interesting enough, that should be all the motivation a buyer would need anyway). Audible, for instance, just gives out a free audiobook; sure, it can be abused, but it presumably works for them, since they've been doing this for a very long time now. I don't think Sony holds anything ransom, unless people sign up for Plus.

So, although the product is ready by Date X, they're telling consumers: Unless you pay a little bit extra, we'll keep it from you -- for no other reason than that we want you to pay that little bit extra -- for 5 more days. People who pay that ransom aren't really getting a new service or a new product (a substantial 'benefit') for their money, which other, less scrupulous people want to get 'for free'; it's that they're tricked into paying for a 'trial' of Access which they didn't even ask for.