S&S News: No More Online Passes Coming From EA

A bit of good news coming out of EA today, the company has confirmed that they will no longer be including online passes in any of their future games...


“Yes, we’re discontinuing Online Pass. None of our new EA titles will include that feature,” senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg told VentureBeat.

“Initially launched as an effort to package a full menu of online content and services, many players didn’t respond to the format. We’ve listened to the feedback and decided to do away with it moving forward.

“We’re still committed to creating content and services that enhance the game experience well beyond the day you first start playing.”

This is great news in my mind, used games will always be around as long as they're are stores like Gamestop around.  Publishers might have to find another strategy to try and battle the used games market, a battle they have been losing for quite some time now.