Summary
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The EA game uses passes, thanks to EA Play, expands the available game collection to users.
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EA benefits from reaching a large audience and maintaining a good relationship with Microsoft through the game pass.
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Game demo and trials on membership services like game pass can be effective marketing strategies if done correctly.
The relationship between electronic arts and Xbox games has increased to a deep level of cooperation with a cautious partnership. This has helped both companies, and does not seem to have an end in sight. The EA game has been able to take advantage of passes that more publishers should pay attention, and it is also of profit for gamers.
EA’s game is a good relationship with pass
First, EA’s participation with the game pass was small, with only a few games available. This changed when the EA game, its membership service of EA, was added to various levels of the game nearby. This decision was a major change, which greatly increased the number of game passing EA games.
Now, the Xbox game passes an EA Play near the Ultimate and Xbox PC Game Pass, leading to the players access to a large collection of EA’s famous game series. This game is a major boost for passes as regular sports prices rise.
This step gives EA a big advantage to EA by allowing EA to reach the audience of Microsoft, which is much larger than the EA Play achieving on its own. For Microsoft, this makes the partnership game more valuable. Adding popular EA Games, from various sports franchises of EA, like, Battle fieldAnd more, the game passes the library much larger and more attractive.
Large releases and famous franchises are usually added first because they attract the most attention and potential customers. However, EA uses the game pass to show new games to try players. The EA has better relationships than many people with Xbox and Microsoft, and it is mostly benefiting EA.
It puts more resources in making EA a game and supports them after launch rather than spending on store-based advertisements. While the exact financial terms of the deal between EA and Microsoft are not public, the fact that the EA play is still available with the game pass shows that the partnership is working well for both sides and is also good for gamers.
Dragon Edge: The Vealgard Game passed for marketing
After its first release, for EA’s marketing strategy Dragon Edge: The Vealgard The Xbox game passed heavily as a major promotional tool. The game launched for mixed reviews, and sales seemed to prove that the game was not going to be a hit or blockbuster, meaning the end of the end Dragon age,
Early sales were Below EA’s predictionsAnd the game reached only 1.5 million players, less than the estimated about 50%. This poor performance came up with a divided opinion from critics and fans. It received a “most positive” rating on steam, but was not widely praised. These events pushed EA to use the game pass as a way to market the game after launch.

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Being added The Welgard There were many effects to pass the game as a test. For EA, it was a chance to introduce the game for much larger audiences than the initial sales. The game has a large number of customers nearby, so it allowed EA to reach more players, possibly some of them turned into customers paying for the future Dragon age Sports or other EA products.
A negative side for EA was that the possibility of this approach was brought to less direct revenue. The game is fine, but I borrowed it and chose not to buy it because it was not enough for the price. The possibility of other players came to the same conclusion from the test, and it could lose money for EA.
Since the game pass users were already paying for membership, it was not counted as a new sales. However, there is a smart way to run demo sales such as game trials.
This strategy cannot always work, but it shows that publishers can start watching games and similar services as a tool to marketing and attract new players. Whether this approach is successful, it will mostly depend on the quality of the game, how much addition is promoted for the game pass, and can it bring new players and produce positive words of the mouth.
If they are a bonus then sports tests and previews are fine
The inclusion of game demo or trial versions in membership service like Xbox game passes a complex position. We want a full game in membership because this is what we have paid. However, if Microsoft cannot get a license for full game, would it not be good to have a demo instead?
For customers, the main advantage is a chance to try a wide range of sports without spending money. Time-limited tests allowed players to test the gameplay, a feel for core mechanics, and decided whether to buy the entire game is worth it for them. This reduces the possibility of regretting a purchase that you felt that you need to make a ‘membership tier’ passing the game.
The game pass is often seen as a type of buffet, where you can take a little sample of everything and see what a good taste. Game trials offered by EA fully complement this approach. No one is going to complain that there are lots of games to try the game pass, and if something really sings you, you can open your wallet safely in this knowledge that you will really enjoy it.
Full demo, even with some restrictions (such as limited materials or platims), give more detailed previews than a simple trailer, helping players to give better information about buying games. However, a potential negative side is that the demo game can weaken the main appeal to the pass, which is unlimited access to a large collection of sports.
From the publisher’s point of view, connecting the demo can be a powerful marketing strategy. Demo can build publicity and enthusiasm for upcoming release, encouraging players to pre-order or buy full games. They also provide useful response during development, helping developers to fix problems before the official launch.

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Successful demos can also attract new customers for game passes, increasing the user base of the service. However, publishers need to weight the cost of creating and maintaining demo, including server costs for online games. A poorly created demo can also hurt the reputation of the game, remove the players instead of pulling inside.
This is especially true. If a time testing suddenly ends or does not give a good understanding of the full game, the players get disappointed rather than interested. Until this full game, demo and trial become more important, as we saw Dragon Edge: The Vealgard Microsoft can be a smart business venture.
Given that the Microsoft game is going all-in on the pass model, it does not seem that the company will weaken the catalog by giving priority to the trial. But adding more value? This is good for everyone.
The game is the ability to be next jump
The Xbox game pass has an opportunity to start to bring publishers to put a demo in your service for marketing purposes. We are already working with it Dragon Edge: The Vealgard And other EA games, so it should work with other publishers. It is the same how Zampac operated for a few generations.
Jampack Original Playstation and PlayStation 2 was a service available on the console that served as the initial version of today’s digital demo platforms. Unlike the demo discs coming with magazines or was included with sports, the Jamac was a membership service that directly set the playable game demo for the console.
Jampack provided easy access to multiple demos without collecting separate disks, making it easy for the players to try the game before buying them. We can see the return of game demo which we have seen only once before.
While the purpose of Jampack was for Playstation users, who wanted to sample upcoming games, the game passes for very large audiences, including players who enjoy a variety of games from small Indie titles to big budget AAA release. It also helps those who are looking for a cheap way to play a lot of different games.
The original idea behind the jampack provides players easy access to the trial versions of the game, the Xbox game can work as well as part. Microsoft game can add a “game trial hub” to the pass interface, where players can browse the demo from the participating developers.

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Marketing benefits alone can be larger for publishers. The game is already a large user base near the game, so adding the demo can introduce more players to the new sports and encourage them to buy a full version. Microsoft can earn money from different ways from this feature, such as making additional charge for demo access, sharing revenue with developers how many people try their demo, or use a mixture of both methods.
If well done, more tests can pass the game for all. This will help bring new customers and maintain the present by creating easy to search for new games.