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EA gives up on Online Passes

EA gives up on Online Passes

Michael Lacerna 16 May

Online Passes — one-time use codes that users have to enter if they want to access a game’s online features —  have been one of the most maligned “features” forced onto modern games, and gamers have been protesting their use ever since they were first introduced a few years ago. Today Electronic Arts, the company that originally pioneered the use of online passes, announced that their future releases will drop the online pass requirement.

EA was the company that originally came up with the idea of online passes, in an initiative the company called “Project Ten Dollar”: while passes were included for free with new games, consumers who bought used copies of one of EA’s games were required to pay an extra $10 fee if they wanted to play the game online or get access to its DLC. Most of EA’s titles released since 2009 have included an online pass requirement, including big hits like Mass Effect 3 and Battlefield 3. EA has always said that the online pass system was designed to “incentivize” consumers into buying new games, but it was obviously a tactic designed to discourage the sale of used games.

While gamers have been outspoken with their hatred for the online pass system, the idea caught on with several other major publishers, including Warner Bros. Interactive, Sony, THQ, and Ubisoft.

EA says they decided to discontinue their online pass program in response to negative feedback from their customers. The company says that all of their upcoming titles, including the highly anticipated Battlefield 4, will no longer require the use of an online pass.

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3 Comments

  1. Nick Hernandez

    This could not make me any happier! About time!

    16 May
  2. Chris Hernandez

    It’s probably only because both the PS4 and Xbox Infinty will have DRM for online play in some form. So EA doesn’t have to worry about it any more.

    16 May
  3. Soldatto Rosso

    Knowing EA, they’re probably only getting rid of Online Passes because their “genius” execs found another, less complicated and expensive for the company way to screw over their customers.

    17 May

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