John Reseburg, Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Electronic Arts, he declared to the 2013 GamesBeat Online Pass is no longer being used in any of the upcoming titles coming out: " many players have not responded well to the initiative, we have listened to their opinions and in the end we decided to switch over ". In short, with the retirement of the Online Pass this is the end of an era: now you can buy with more equanimity the games used.