EA Access Trial Date

[SamDezzy43]

Ive noticed that the Madden trial starts on Thursday the 18th. Hasn't it usually been Fridays the last few years? (Since it became a thing)

[LBzrule]

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I thought it was always Thursday.

[Datninja619]

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I always thought trials were 3 days early. I was surprised and excited to see it was the 18th

[oneHova]

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It's always been Thursday's which has been their 5 day early trial procedure since the launch of Access.


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[Mauer4MVP]

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It's always been Thursday but there is a rumor it could go up Wednesday. Not sure if that has been squashed or not.

Edit: NVM saw this Tweet from EA Access.

EA AccessVerified account @EAAccess Aug 2
@CutlassReno EA Access members will be able to play the trial of Madden 17 on Aug. 18th.

[BreakingBad2013]

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I always thought trials were 3 days early. I was surprised and excited to see it was the 18th

They've been 5 days early recently.

[krulmichael]

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It's always been 5 days. I've been an EA Access subscriber for two years and every game has been 5 days before release. In fact, last year, they released Madden 16 on Wednesday night (6 days) so I'm hoping they do that again this year...even if they did tweet it was coming out the 18th.

You guys are probably thinking of the EA Season Ticket they used to have back on PS3/360 where games came out 3 days early (on Friday's).

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[Mauer4MVP]

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It's always been 5 days. I've been an EA Access subscriber for two years and every game has been 5 days before release. In fact, last year, they released Madden 16 on Wednesday night (6 days) so I'm hoping they do that again this year...even if they did tweet it was coming out the 18th.

You guys are probably thinking of the EA Season Ticket they used to have back on PS3/360 where games came out 3 days early (on Friday's).

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Ahh I completely forgot that about last year!

[Brightline]

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1) Would be nice if the EA Access program allowed unlimited time to play. Not sure what the issue would be. I cant believe that many people who want to play the game early and play more than 10 hours are now already fully committed to buying the game.

2) Or at least allow this for those who already have purchased.

[Hordan54]

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Hope it is out Wednesday evening.

[Datninja619]

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1) Would be nice if the EA Access program allowed unlimited time to play. Not sure what the issue would be. I cant believe that many people who want to play the game early and play more than 10 hours are now already fully committed to buying the game.

2) Or at least allow this for those who already have purchased.

If it was unlimited hours, then they'd might as well change the release date to the start of trial.

Perhaps allow X hours each day would be better?

[crice256]

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The way they have the trials setup, you can download the game at any point of the year and play the 10 hour trial. When you buy the game digitally, you don't have to re-download it again, it converts it over to the real game. Not sure they can have it setup to have unlimited play for a time frame with this model. Its a solid model for letting people try out games and then to get them to purchase.

[Rubio809]

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The way they have the trials setup, you can download the game at any point of the year and play the 10 hour trial. When you buy the game digitally, you don't have to re-download it again, it converts it over to the real game. Not sure they can have it setup to have unlimited play for a time frame with this model. Its a solid model for letting people try out games and then to get them to purchase.

So, is there a clock that starts when the trail is downloaded or you can play for the 10 hour total over the course of a few days?

Also, is the EA Access the FULL game? Meaning, it is exactly as though you purchased the disk and popped it in?

[reverend_heat]

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So, is there a clock that starts when the trail is downloaded or you can play for the 10 hour total over the course of a few days?

Also, is the EA Access the FULL game? Meaning, it is exactly as though you purchased the disk and popped it in?

It's the full game, timer only ticks down when you are playing the game (menus loading etc. included) each time you start the game again you will be notified how much time is remaining with the trial 10 hours. make sure to completely close game out on Xbox one when not playing. If I remember correctly the timer will run if you fail to do this. If you go over the 10 hours just create a second ea access account, pay the $5 again and get another 10 hours. Just cancel before the monthly payment recurs.

[aholbert32]

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Hope it is out Wednesday evening.

It will likely be Wednesday evening. Just like UFC, Fifa and NHL were.