By Gerald Lynch
There’s no denying there’s something special to owning a physical item – be that a vinyl record, a Blu-ray box set or a brand new gaming release. The peel of the cellophane, the artwork, that tangible sense of ownership – it’s what Christmas memories are made of. But as we become increasingly comfortable with downloads and online services, it’s becoming much easier to dump the concrete and dive into digital.
As of today, if you’re an Xbox One owner, you should be seriously considering signing up for the EA Access subscription service. It seemed a service destined to fail upon its first unveiling – offering not much gaming action for the asking price. But it’s turned the tide in emphatic fashion recently.
EA’s answer to Netflix (albeit being reliant on direct downloads, rather than streaming), it offers an increasingly-large catalogue of older titles in its “Vault” for a monthly £3.99/ $4.99 or annual £19.99/$29.99 fee, to be played without restriction. Sweetening the deal exponentially, EA has today announced that Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1, two of the best shooters on the market, will be joining the service this month.
Both little more than six months old, that’s an excellent addition …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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