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.
If you have older games on disc that are available to purchase on Origin, call their tech support. I got bf2, bf2192 or whatever number it is, and C&C3 converted, and each one came with all dlc, despite me not having it in the first place.
I'm not a fan of having more than one distribution platform, but EA converting my games with little hassle was nice. I realize it's to entice me into using their platform more, which it doesn't.
Anyway, on-subject: the lack of discs is ONLY an issue if EA uses it as a way to keep prices high. No retailers trying to dump excess stock means no pricing competition when they have the ONLY place to get their games. Despite their poor track record, they occasionally do have a good game here and there still. If they continue their sales as they've been doing, I don't see the disc-less EA as a bad thing.
I'm not a fan of having more than one distribution platform, but EA converting my games with little hassle was nice. I realize it's to entice me into using their platform more, which it doesn't.
Anyway, on-subject: the lack of discs is ONLY an issue if EA uses it as a way to keep prices high. No retailers trying to dump excess stock means no pricing competition when they have the ONLY place to get their games. Despite their poor track record, they occasionally do have a good game here and there still. If they continue their sales as they've been doing, I don't see the disc-less EA as a bad thing.
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