Will Squadrons be under the EA Play Play First scheme?
I was wondering if, as an EA Play Basic subscriber, if I will get the 10 hour trial 7 days prior to release like with some other games.
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@TheRustyTigger @Poocacca @coltifus
I posted this in another post and shows it will be available on EA Play Pro:
- "Access to exclusive player benefits and a library of top titles including fan-favorite series and premium games."
- "The chance to try out selected new-release games before launch for up to 10 hours of playtime. If you decide to buy the game, all of your saved progress carries over, so you can pick up right where you left off."
- "EA Play members can download and try upcoming EA games before they’re released for a limited time. Yep – that’s right, you’ll be the first to play EA’s latest and greatest with an EA Play membership."
When I read these three quotes together, I see my confusion. The first only suggests that a title like Squadrons would be included (a top title, a fan-favorite series and it looks like a premium game). The last is from the FAQ for EA Play subscription, and is an absolute statement, and I relied on it - foolish me! The second reveals the dreaded "selected" word, which means, it'll never be the titles I expect or want. Football (what's a football?) and soccer get early access, but for some reason, not Squadrons.
@CarbonCarl that link only specifies that EA Play and EA Play Pro users will receive Squadrons cosmetics. "Unlimited access to all our latest titles as soon as they drop": then why is The Sims 4: Star Wars not included? Thanks for trying, but the benefits of either subscription service seems inherently vague. Well, I'm stuck with it for a month, so we'll see how it goes.
But I've got a bad feeling about this.
@PoocaccaWith EA Play Pro you get the best version of a game, so in this case you would get Sims 4 Deluxe, but the rest of the DLC you have to purchase.
As for Star Wars Squadrons, it would be a bit crazy to give you cosmetics using EA Play Pro but not allow you to play the game through that service, whereas EA Play is just a 10hr trial so it’s understandable.https://www.ea.com/ea-play/news/welcome-to-ea-play
So here's my concern, that link is from EA's page that the pic from your link comes from showing the stuff for squadrons. There's 3 games listed on that, Madden, Squadrons, and Fifa. On Madden and Fifa they both state play the ultimate or whatever edition with EA Play Pro icons underneath. Squadrons doesn't say anything like that, nor does it say anything about getting the game with Pro. It just states the stuff about the cosmetics. Also, I can go to my Origin store app and add fifa to my library already and Fifa comes out the week after squadrons does. The most concerning thing though, is that we still haven't had a direct answer from EA on here or on twitter. Call me paranoid but i think EA may just be trying to pull a fast one. Kinda gross though, i've been an EA access member since it was beta on xbox and origin access premier since it launched on pc.
Just want to add that Jedi fallen order did not get an early access last year but was still on Origin access premier.
So I would not be surprised the same happens with squadrons. But for Jedi fallen order they did make a press release saying it wouldnt have an early access and why.
However in Origin Access Premier they marketed it with early access for all games so they were forced to explain why they made an exception for Fallen order while in EA Play Pro they have themselves covered by saying: "Get early access to select new games before they’re released to the public." (taken from the FAQ)
The same FAQ says: "Score unlimited access to all our best games and brand new releases" which is a clear indication they will add Squadrons to EA Play Pro along with previously posted links in this thread.
https://www.ea.com/ea-play/faq#origin-faq
Therefor it should be on EAPlay Pro at release date, if its not then EA is outright lying in their FAQ's and marketing. And that will not pass silently into the night for sure.
My best guess here is that EA has yet to decide on the early access part and thus isn't willing to add it to the library just yet. I wouldn't be surprised if its added next week along with a statement regarding early access. In the end we all just have to wait and have some patience and I'm positive the game will be added to the library.
