{"id":86137,"date":"2016-02-12T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86137"},"modified":"2016-02-12T11:31:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T09:31:43","slug":"origin-access-endless-pc-gaming-for-just-r48-50-a-month-and-kind-of-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86137-origin-access-endless-pc-gaming-for-just-r48-50-a-month-and-kind-of-worth-it","title":{"rendered":"Origin Access: \u201cEndless PC gaming for just R48.50 a month\u201d, and kind of worth it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.origin.com\/en-za\/store\/origin-access\" target=\"_blank\">Origin Access<\/a>, much like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-ZA\/entertainment\/xbox-one\/live-apps\/ea-access\" target=\"_blank\">EA Access<\/a>, offers gamers who subscribe access to a growing collection of games, a 10% discount on Origin purchases as well as early access to new EA titles.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s actually not a half bad idea; there\u2019s definitely a lot of value to be gained from Origin Access. Just take a look at the long list of games you\u2019ll gain access to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Battlefield 3<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Battlefield 4<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Battlefield Hardline<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dragon Age: Origins<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dragon Age 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Sim City<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Sims 3<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>FIFA 15<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Need for Speed Rivals<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dead Space<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dead Space 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dead Space 3<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>This War of Mine<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, at the time of its announcement, we suggested PC gamers steer clear of Origin Access, and not just because it wasn\u2019t initially available in SA. It was because it would set you back just over R950 a year.<\/p>\n<p>Well, Origin Access is finally available locally, at just R48.50 a month, and it\u2019s become a more palatable prospect as a result \u2013 weighing in at R582 a year.<\/p>\n<p>R582 might sound like a lot, but consider that purchasing just two new games in an entire year would cost more than twice that.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s effectively the price of purchasing one game a year, for a heck of a lot more than one game a year in value.<\/p>\n<p>Also, no one is stopping you from playing the games you want to and cancelling your subscription once done, a strategy that would amount to a lot less than the cost of a game.<\/p>\n<p>Still, a year\u2019s subscription of EA Access is just R299, which is where we\u2019d want Origin Access before we signed up.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>On the topic of subscription services<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/86045-subscription-wars-which-platforms-free-games-this-february-are-best.html\">Subscription wars: which platform\u2019s free games this February are best<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/85673-xbox-lives-games-with-gold-for-february-styx-master-of-shadows-gears-of-war-2-and-more.html\">Xbox Live\u2019s Games with Gold for February \u2013 Styx: Master of Shadows, Gears of War 2 and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/85679-playstation-plus-for-february-includes-persona-4-arena-ultimax-and-hell-divers.html\">PlayStation Plus for February includes Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and Hell Divers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Origin Access offers gamers access to a growing collection of games, a 10% discount on Origin purchases as well as early access to new EA titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":85245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[175,813,1969,17255,16921],"class_list":["post-86137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-ea","tag-electronic-arts","tag-news-2","tag-origin-access","tag-subscription"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86139,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86137\/revisions\/86139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}