EA Access is available now on PS4 with a full list of games, meaning players can download and play a large library of different titles for $4.99 a month or $29.99 for the year. The service first launched on Xbox One back in July of 2014. Later on, a similar service called Origin Access came to PC in 2016. Sony had initially declined to put the service on PS4 but right at the cusp of the next console generation, it seemed to have changed its mind.
The service not only provides players with plenty of games to download, but it also includes discounts on DLC, digital games, and free trials of EA's newly released titles days before they release. Furthermore, subscribers also get access to the DLC of games like DICE's first Star Wars Battlefront and Battlefield 4. It's one of the first publisher subscription services that came to consoles. In more ways than one, it's quite similar to Netflix. Ubisoft announced that they'd be releasing a similar service in the form of Uplay+ which includes total access to the publisher's large library of titles.
EA Access on PS4 will actually have fewer games than Xbox One's lineup of titles available on the service. Due to the nature of Xbox One's backward compatibility, Xbox One owners have access to EA games that released on the Xbox 360. The PS4 service will include the following games:
- Madden 20 (Early trial)
- Anthem (Early trial)
- A Way Out
- The Sims 4
- Battlefield 4
- Battlefield 1
- Battlefield Hardline
- Battlefield V
- Burnout Paradise Remastered
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Fe
- FIFA 15
- FIFA 16
- FIFA 17
- FIFA 18
- FIFA 19
- Madden 15
- Madden 16
- Madden 17
- Madden 18
- Madden 19
- Madden 25
- Mass Effect Andromeda
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst
- NBA Live 15
- NBA Live 16
- NBA Live 18
- NBA Live 19
- Need for Speed
- Need for Speed Rivals
- Need For Speed Payback
- NHL 16
- NHL 17
- NHL 18
- NHL 19
- Peggle 2
- Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
- Plant's vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
- Rory McIlroy PGA Tour
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- Titanfall 2
- UFC
- UFC 2
- UFC 3
- Unravel
- Unravel Two
Players who download the free trials of Anthem, FIFA 20, and Madden 20 can play and carry over any progress that they've made in the trial to the full game once they purchase it. Subscribers can expect future EA titles like NHL 20, FIFA 20, and Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order to be added to the service with free trials. It's definitely a solid way to give Fallen Order a try if players are interested in the title but unsure if they're ready to trust the Star Wars license in EA's hands prior to a more lengthy hands-on session.
Thankfully, Sony is playing nice with different publishers by allowing them to bring subscription services to PS4 owners. Initially, players only had access to PS Now, which isn't a terrible service by any means but was limited in scope compared to the options players had on other platforms. Simply put, more choice is always better, and it'll be interesting to see if Ubisoft's Uplay+ launches simultaneously on PS4 with other platforms whenever it releases or if it ends up taking a similar path as EA Access.
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Source: EA