I seem to be the bearer of bad EA news lately. First Mass Effect 3 is a huge disappointment, then EA plans to follow Ubisoft’s example, and now they’re refusing to give people more SecuROM activations, which forces them to use Origin. A topic on the Steam forums has popped up with users talking about their experiences with EA’s support. The people in this topic have been trying to get more activations for Crysis Warhead but EA’s answer is to have them sign up for a Pogo account (Why?) and then gives them a key for Origin. EA refuses to say why they simply cannot continue playing their game on Steam (or a retail version like one person had) instead of having to install and use Origin.
EA has already reported that they have over 9 million Origin users, but this seems like a very sneaky way to increase those numbers. So if you run out of activations on one of your EA games don’t be surprised if they force you into using Origin.
Source: Steam Forums
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That’s ok really. Valve did the same with steam and while we whined for a time, we all have come to terms with steam nowadays. Some even love the thing.
Valve forced CS players onto Steam with an update. HL1 and HL1 DM players were free to keep playing retail copies. This is a little different though. EA is effectively rendering versions bought from competing services useless even if users just want more activations. It is a trivial matter to reset or add more to SecuROM. A good CSA can do the whole process in five minutes. But EA is going an extra step in the matter by requiring a Pogo account for some reason. I still haven’t figured that one out.
That I don’t understand either tbh… lol But still, taking games from one service and on to another is hardly that big a deal.
Fact of the matter is, they are trying to bring people to Origin. Origin sucks but oh well. Even Gabe doesn’t care lol.
As annoying as that is, once the transition is over, things will settle down and they will be fine. Requiring a Pogo does seem rather strange though…why can’t they just require an Origin ID?