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, 13:18:avianflu wrote on Mar 31, 2014, 12:23:Why?
I just want Origin to go away so I want to believe Origin is hanging on the ropes....
I am not defending EA I am not a big fan of them but why do you wish for Origin to go away?
Competition is good for the consumers. Origin is not any more pain to use than Steam and at least EA offers 24hrs money back if you are not happy with the game you've bought, something hopefully Steam will start to do in the future.
I love Steam and everything but I don't see how Origin's existence is a bad thing for gamers.
One thing I will say for EA is that their refund policy is good. On the other hand it has to be since they keep releasing barely functional games. My buddy got a refund for BF4 + Premium by just explaining to support that the latest patch had introduced yet another problem and he was fed up. This is like after playing it for 100 hours to boot. I wouldn't have given him a refund in that situation.
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