It seems Electronic Arts is very happy to have partnered with Microsoft in recent months, as the EA Play service's inclusion into Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has increased its total subscribers to 13 million.
In a recent Q3 Earnings Call, EA stated that the integration with Xbox Game Pass has "accelerated" its subscription based service, EA Play. According to chief executive officer, Andrew Wilson, it has seen "new streaming players joining [its] network through Xbox cloud gaming, with Game Pass Ultimate", and plans to continue to advance "cloud as a meaningful part of the future of the gaming ecosystem".
"The groundbreaking integration of our EA PLAY service with Microsoft Game Pass has accelerated our subscription business, with nearly 13 million players now active in our service across four platforms: Xbox, PlayStation, Steam and our EA client. With more players valuing the subscription model and with our scale across platforms and content, we are building a strong growing business with recurrent revenue.
We also have new streaming players joining our network through Xbox cloud gaming, with Game Pass Ultimate and other partners. And we are committed to advancing cloud as a meaningful part of the future of the gaming ecosystem."
EA Play has delivered titles such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order since its addition into the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership, and also contains a wealth of other titles across multiple Xbox generations for players to enjoy. It's unclear how long the partnership will last, but the service is still yet to come to Xbox Game Pass for PC, and Xbox's Aaron Greenberg has previously suggested it's a long-term deal.
Do you play an EA games through Xbox Game Pass? Let us know in the comments below.
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I've really enjoyed the addition of EA Play and hope it's a permanent addition. I've played a bunch of games, currently on Jedi Fallen Order and still going in Battlefront II multiplayer. Looks like March we will have Titanfall 2 as the Gamepass game of the month and I've yet to dip into the battlefield games and need for speeds.
I'm cautious when it comes to EA's future use of subs. Cynically I can see them turning it into what a lot of PS fans fear about Game Pass - a reinvention of F2P except you pay to receive it, and the games are designed around being unplayable without pumping money into the MTX. I'm not afraid of that in general ,industry-wide with GP, but with EA? Yeah....
I am one of those who plays a Gamepass game and then either: eagerly opens the wallet for DLC or opens the wallet to just buy the game. I am the ideal subscriber.
i might be forgetting something but i have a feeling i dont care much for the ea catalogue.
there's the dead space and mass effect trilogies that i would eventually like to play, but beyond that its just sports galore
if there was a similar deal with ubisoft, that would be more appealing to me.
i would be happy if that was the case, they could come up with a "pick your flavour" gamepass instead of hiking the price. i would gladly ditch eaplay
"EA Play has delivered titles such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order"
I love how this article references the one of the three games on EA Access worth having. Other two being Titan Fall 2 and Dragon Age Inquisition.
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