Origins Ditches Discs [Mar 31, 2014, 08:53 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The Origin
website announces EA's online store is dropping physical discs and going
online only (thanks
VideoGamer.com). Word is:
Starting April 4th Origin will be going all digital. This means the entire Origin game store will be entirely digital downloads for PC and Mac.
What does this mean for you? If you're among 99% of our users, absolutely nothing. Your shopping experience hasn't changed one single bit.
But if you're that 1% who still desires a physical collection, we want to let you know that Origin won't be able to fulfill that need beginning April 4th. We’ll still be here when you transition your gaming habits to the wonders of digital downloads.
Digital is fast and convenient. Origin’s focus is to give gamers the best experience, and going all-digital will make that possible.
SpectralMeat wrote on Mar 31, 2014, 10:01:Task wrote on Mar 31, 2014, 09:27:By the way I don't think you could use the keys on Origin from actual CD/DVDs anyways.
Uh ok, so... if someone buys a EA Game on disk from Amazon/Gamestop or where-ever, they can't use the key on Origin?
I've had BF2 on a disc and could not add the CD key to my Origin library. I got invalid CD key error.
Ended up buying the whole BF complete set from Origin when it was on sale for $5, in case my disc gets scratched or something.
You open a support ticket, and they convert your keys to digital only keys.
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