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I actually felt kind of sorry for EA this week. Well, as sorry as you can feel for a faceless corporation that's got an annoying habit of trying to anthropomorphise itself, like some yuppie Pinocchio who wants so desperately, desperately hard to be loved. Still, EA comes in for some unfair stick, like it did following the announcement of EA Access, the Netflix-like subscription service that offers up a selection of the publisher's games for a slim subscription. The first thing worth pointing out is that, whatever your misgivings, EA Access is tremendous value. In theory it is, at least - for £3.99 a month, or £19.99 a year, you're given a fairly generous selection of EA's titles, as well as early access to all-new games (which, in an older, simpler world we'd call a demo).
If the first batch is indicative of what's to come it's a potentially great service, even if it is eventually restricted to slightly older games whose value at your local trade-in store is quickly diminishing. The beta offers a handsome selection, complete with FIFA 14, Battlefield 4 and the latest Madden. And you know what, they're all good games. It might not be fashionable to admit it but, on console at least, EA has met an impressive threshold of quality in recent years.
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