Amazingly somehow origin at random is pushing this download into the 5mbps range at times , my package from my isp tops in the 1.2-1.5mbps range.How is origin even doing that? Already at 30gb with 20gb to go.
Amazingly somehow origin at random is pushing this download into the 5mbps range at times , my package from my isp tops in the 1.2-1.5mbps range.How is origin even doing that? Already at 30gb with 20gb to go.
The audio being 50gb is insanely stupid.
EA has been doing a lot of good, pro-consumer things lately. I wish people would stop having an irrational hatred for them.
It takes a lot of work to rebuild good will with customers. I hope they can do it.
EA has been doing a lot of good, pro-consumer things lately. I wish people would stop having an irrational hatred for them.
They give with one hand and take with the other.
On the one hand they give you the return policy, on the other they make sure their support staff don't actually do it, understand it or comply with it making it extra effort to get your refund.
They are putting out games only Origin, at ridiculously high prices, 2x that of the industry normal. Then they sell them in boxed copies for a far more reasonable price, which then automatically register on Origin.
They saddle everyone of their games on Origin with lots of DRM, they can't be transferred, sold, borrowed etc. This is the fundamental issue with DRM but its a right we have had with media for decades before this thing was released and restricted our use.
One or two pro consumer things to make up for extortionate game prices and terrible customer support and the DRM being rammed at us does not make Origin or EAs efforts with it pro consumer, its just a tinkle in that direction to try and sell us less for more. Origin/steam/uplay they are all bad news and Origin just happens to be more expensive than the others by some margin, and has even worse customer support than Steam (which is saying something because Steam's is terrible).
I'm not pro EA but what are they doing that no one else isn't? Also, what high prices are you talking about? Your going to need to provide examples. I've been using Origin since BF3 was released and I haven't seen any games priced higher than standard new game prices. They charge the same $59.99 that everyone else charges unless you buy addons such as deluxe versions or season passes. Yes, BF4 was over $100 if you prepurchased the expansions, but that is hardly mandatory. Now I'll agree that they don't lower the price to match what other companies do with their boxed versions, but that's hardly a strike against them. If anything, it only helps to throw business to other companies.
Maybe I give EA a little more breathing room than other people, but that's mainly because instead of being exclusionary, Origin accepted almost all of my EA game codes for games that were released in the time leading up to Origin. I bought a EA game on Steam for $5.00 and Origin honored the code. I never would have thought that someone would have levied that as a criticism against EA. If anything, I consider EA a class act in that regard.
The return policy is BS in my book. Both Steam and Origin have token return policies at best. Sometimes Steam will do it in a rare case where the a game isn't as advertised, but even then only if the game wasn't played. PC gamers haven't experienced a true game return policy since Gamestop turned their backs on us many years ago. Origin is a bit more tightly wound, because in Steams case they will fight with the developer over it, whereas on Origin they are the developer. It's harder to say a game is crap when its your own game. From that standpoint, I consider any return policy to be arbitrary at best and doesn't affect my judgment.
I've long since moved past the days of Starforce and Securom. I don't view EA as doing anything different than any other company would in their position. People tend to forget that this is a business, and Valve only cares just enough about customer services to keep us coming back. Origin is no different.
You're correct in that EA is a company and has to pursue profit, but they seem like the kind of company that could be making ball bearings, underwear, or cattle feed, but just happens to be making video games. They don't seem to have their users in mind when they make decisions. Probably because people keep giving them money.
Played for an hour or so and then uninstalled. After BF 3/4 this is nothing new/exciting for me.
Played for an hour or so and then uninstalled. After BF 3/4 this is nothing new/exciting for me.
They give with one hand and take with the other.
On the one hand they give you the return policy, on the other they make sure their support staff don't actually do it, understand it or comply with it making it extra effort to get your refund.
They are putting out games only Origin, at ridiculously high prices, 2x that of the industry normal. Then they sell them in boxed copies for a far more reasonable price, which then automatically register on Origin.
They saddle everyone of their games on Origin with lots of DRM, they can't be transferred, sold, borrowed etc. This is the fundamental issue with DRM but its a right we have had with media for decades before this thing was released and restricted our use.
One or two pro consumer things to make up for extortionate game prices and terrible customer support and the DRM being rammed at us does not make Origin or EAs efforts with it pro consumer, its just a tinkle in that direction to try and sell us less for more. Origin/steam/uplay they are all bad news and Origin just happens to be more expensive than the others by some margin, and has even worse customer support than Steam (which is saying something because Steam's is terrible).