Have $5 a month? Then you can afford FIFA 14, Battlefield 4, and more in EA's new subscription service on Xbox One

Electronic Arts introduced a new membership service today that gives players access to a bunch of the massive publisher’s games for a monthly or annual subscription fee.

EA Access, which is exclusive to Microsoft’s Xbox One console, costs $5 a month or $30 a year, and players get games from EA’s past as part of the program. That doesn’t mean classic games from the 1990s. The first four games available as part of the beta test are FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, Peggle 2, and Battlefield 4 — all of which debuted last year. EA says that the program is launching worldwide “soon,” but the beta is available starting today. This marks a huge shift from the traditional model of selling games for $60 and then at a discount over time. FIFA 14 and Battlefield 4 both still cost $60 on the Xbox Games Store today.