Help understanding Play Pro

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Let me ask some of you that might have EA Play Pro on Origin...
1. If I know I'm going to buy Madden and FIFA, what am I actually gaining by buying Play Pro? (I know it won't be much else because there aren't other EA titles I care for)
2. And also, I won't keep Play Pro for years and years so what do those games cost me next spring when I want to keep owning them but not renew Play Pro? Whatever they cost at that point plus the 10% discount?
3. Is the only difference really that Play Pro let's me play 10 days earlier?

ea_queenbee · Answer

Hey @tinpanpv,I don't entirely understand what you're asking, but I can do my best to answer your questions anyways.1 - If you're not interested in any of the other games on EA Play Pro, and you're sure that you're going to be buying the premium versions of Madden and FIFA, then you'd still get the 10% discount towards those titles.2 - If your subscription expires or you decide to cancel it, you would need to buy the games you've played in order to keep playing them. So if you buy them before the subscription expires, you'd get the 10% off whatever the games cost at the time.3 - I don't entirely understand what you mean with this one. With EA Play Pro you do get to play games up to 10 days before release, but what is the thing that you're comparing it to?I hope I helped answer some of your questions! 🙂 Let me know if you have any more, I'll do my best to answer those too.

ea_queenbee · Answer

@tinpanpv,I suppose if none of the Ultimate edition bonuses for either appeal to you, then you will only need the standard edition. I do know that FIFA 22 was added to the EA Play (Standard, not Pro) list in June, so if you have standard EA Play and don't want to wait several months, you'll likely have to buy it, while EA Play Pro gives you immediate access.There's a lot of options, and it's always tough knowing which one is best for you. But if you're absolutely certain that you don't want the premium editions, and don't care about all the other games included with EA Play Pro, then you probably don't want to get that, unless the early access is that valuable to you.I hope that was clear and not just an incoherent ramble.

tinpanpv · Answer

@EA_QueenBee Hey again.. so under normal circumstances, it would make very little sense for me to get Pro if I only plan on buying FIFA and Madden because access to both on day 1 or earlier wouldnt matter if you still end up buying the game later for 29.99 at the end of the year. And thats only because I prefer keeping the games because I do play them again later. However, this year, things change a bit because FIFA is going to be way more expensive on PC this year. $90 if I'm not wrong, so that starts to make it more interesting. And the fact is, I'm bound to find some other older title for very cheap that I'm bound to want on a sale day or something. So this year only, it may actually make sense to pay for Pro otherwise Madden and FIFA will both end up costing me more bought separately.
Thanks!

tinpanpv · Answer

Hey @EA_QueenBee, thanks for the prompt reply. What I meant in asking "is the only difference" was whether it was the only difference with regular Play, as it's the only other EA Play option.

Another thing to add, when I buy Madden and FIFA I never buy anything but the regular, standard versions. I don't play online at all. So, my question was going by the logic of.. will I gain anything with Pro other than the early access because at $129.99CAD the savings aren't that massive from just buying the two games on their own, and then that's made even less attractive by the fact that, yes, I would get both games with Play Pro for the year but to keep them next year, I'd essentially have to pay another 29.99 at BEST (which is as low as they usually go) next summer. So even with 10% off, the games actually in reality end up costing a minimum $80-90 each if I get Play Pro, with the only benefit really being early access.

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