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| [Jun 16, 2011, 8:58 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments |
A post to the Star Wars: The Old Republic Website by community manager Stephen Reid clarifies that while the digitally distributed edition of Star Wars: The Old Republic will be exclusive to EA's recently announced Origin service, Origin will not be required to activate retail copies of the upcoming MMORPG, nor will it be required for patching: While Origin will be the exclusive digital retailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic (in other words, if you want to buy it online and download it, you’ll do so through Origin) that does not mean that Origin is required for you to access or play The Old Republic.
Origin is a digital storefront, and the desktop application is there to give you quick access to Origin exclusives and deals.
However, you won’t need to launch the Origin application to run The Old Republic, nor will you patch the game via Origin. Once the game is on your hard disk, you’ll be connecting to our servers to patch and launch the game, and Origin does not have to be running to do that.
To answer another question - boxed versions of the game will include the client on DVD(s).
Thanks Eurogamer.
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Re: The Old Republic Doesn't Require Origin |
Jun 17, 2011, 08:40 |
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Blegvad wrote on Jun 16, 2011, 22:33:
That may be true.
I would guess that EA is equating themselves with Blizzard in terms of their sales and marketing.
You can't buy WOW on steam, right? How often is the WOW client on sale?
Not saying it's going to work out for them, but I'm thinking that is the logic they are using.
Wow with 2 expansions were VERY cheao right before the release of Cata, Only in their store, 10 dollars 10 dollars and 15 dollars (wow,burning crusade,Lich King) So , yea Whole Whining about sales can stop now, it is an MMO. MMO go on sale all the time, Plus it is 50 bucks and ya get a free month fro crying out loud, if 50 is gonna hurt you so bad, time for another hobby. |
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