Lancer wrote: Sat Oct 04, 2025 4:54 pm
ok, i see. i was just going off the millions of times you posted 'thank god for ea play! I saved $70 by not buying this EA expletive 1 expletive 2 expletive 3 game'.
Yep. All true. But that's not coveting. That's being appreciative that I saved money.
If I coveted EA Play free trials, I would play them all after weeks of great anticipation. I don't play them all, and I do not keep track of EA Sports release dates like you, who treats them as circle-the-calendar days like an anniversary or birthday.
Maybe a few days in your SAT vocabulary prep book from junior year of high school will get you up to speed. Until then, enjoy giving MS $30 per month. I'll continue to appreciate saving my money.
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"You know why I love boxers? I love them because they face fear. And they face it alone." - Nick Charles
"First on the throttle, last on the brakes." - @MotoGP Twitter signature
I'm probably going to keep by xbox series X BUT going forward, if there are games available both for xbox and ps5, i'm going to go with the ps5 versions.
Yesterday they removed MSFS2020 AND MSFS2024 from being only GP Ulimate games and moved them down to Gamepass Premium games.
Those are probably the only 2 games I care about anyway. I may just then renew next year for the premium for 14.99 a month and buy EA play separately for $40. But I was thinking how I don't really use EA play except for the 10 hours for Madden and CFB. So Maybe it's better paying the $5 monthly fee when those new games come out for a total of $10.
update - Who am I kidding, EA PLAY IS just 40 bucks. Ill just pay it for a year.
Lancer wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:11 pm
MS is shuffling some games around the tiers.
Yesterday they removed MSFS2020 AND MSFS2024 from being only GP Ulimate games and moved them down to Gamepass Premium games.
Those are probably the only 2 games I care about anyway. I may just then renew next year for the premium for 14.99 a month and buy EA play separately for $40. But I was thinking how I don't really use EA play except for the 10 hours for Madden and CFB. So Maybe it's better paying the $5 monthly fee when those new games come out for a total of $10.
update - Who am I kidding, EA PLAY IS just 40 bucks. Ill just pay it for a year.
I didn't know EA Play was available as a standalone purchase. $3.50 per month is worth it. Thanks for that tip.
My route is the $14.99 Premium tier, perhaps with an annual purchase of EA Play. That's about $18.50 per month, less than what I pay now for Ultimate. I don't need Ultimate, especially at the new price of $30 per month. Nyet.
"You know why I love boxers? I love them because they face fear. And they face it alone." - Nick Charles
"First on the throttle, last on the brakes." - @MotoGP Twitter signature
Lancer wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:11 pm
MS is shuffling some games around the tiers.
Yesterday they removed MSFS2020 AND MSFS2024 from being only GP Ulimate games and moved them down to Gamepass Premium games.
Those are probably the only 2 games I care about anyway. I may just then renew next year for the premium for 14.99 a month and buy EA play separately for $40. But I was thinking how I don't really use EA play except for the 10 hours for Madden and CFB. So Maybe it's better paying the $5 monthly fee when those new games come out for a total of $10.
update - Who am I kidding, EA PLAY IS just 40 bucks. Ill just pay it for a year.
I didn't know EA Play was available as a standalone purchase. $3.50 per month is worth it. Thanks for that tip.
My route is the $14.99 Premium tier, perhaps with an annual purchase of EA Play. That's about $18.50 per month, less than what I pay now for Ultimate. I don't need Ultimate, especially at the new price of $30 per month. Nyet.
checked EA PLAY at best buy and target and it is only $30 for a year. even better.
Target black Friday deal is 15 percent off gamepass. I will take advantage of this as Target still has the old pricing for GP Ultimate.
So 3 mo of GP Ultimate right now is $50 w the Black Friday sale (if you have target circle it's $48) . Vs. the old price of 3 mo which was $60 and the new price being $90.
Sale ends on Thanksgiving but this is a good deal for GPU.
