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**edyzmedieval** · 04-05-2019, 12:16

I'm curious how Steam would work out. If they go to a subscription model to access your own account... please no.

**Husar** · 04-05-2019, 16:06

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

I'm curious how Steam would work out. If they go to a subscription model to access your own account... please no.

I don't think they could do that without more or less going out of business immediately. More likely, a subscription model would start with a limited selection of existing and new games, and maybe get subscription-exclusive titles after a while. So more of a slow transition that lets people keep the old games they bought. That would still be a subscription model where you download the game to your computer though I guess. Streaming is a step further from that still. EA currently run their subscription model in addition to the traditional sales model.
As a niche consumer who only plays a game from EA once in 5 years or so, I still find the idea of subscription-only quite terrible though and I'd rather skip the one game I like than pay monthly for games I don't want. Yes, I might try a game that looks bad and actually like it once in a while with a subscription, but that's probably still not worth the cost, plus my time is too limited for the games I know I like already.

**bauuubass** · 07-29-2019, 07:17

My friend was super hyped about this and I was kinda interested too, but then I read somewhere that it is only gonna come to select countries, so living in a small country in Europe, what are the chances that we're gonna see it :D and with all possible problems and (supposed) high prices I'm starting to think it's for the best.