EA's Origin

[jakonovski]

My sole experience with EA's download services is through my friend, to whom I gifted the free ME2 I got from DA2. The download corrupted itself and to date he's been unable to play the game, because every new d/l attempt stops at the same point. Even if you remove everything and reinstall EADM.

So no, I will not trust this Origins thing without having a bunch of SW fans impale themselves on the inevitable traps first.

[Sheepherder]

So no, I will not trust this Origins thing without having a bunch of SW fans many Bothans impale themselves on the inevitable traps first.

[Lantyssa]

Why do you hate Bothans so much? 

[sinij]

I read on Tom's Hardware that SWOTOR will be Origin-exclusive.

[01101010]

I read on Tom's Hardware that SWOTOR will be Origin-exclusive.

I await the river of tears...

[palmer_eldritch]

You do not need to give Origin your real name. I use it and I never have. The option of allowing people to find me by searching for my real name was not ticked by default in my client, although that may be because I never gave them my name.

the EULA clearly states that your habits, system usage and platform details will be shared with advertisers for marketing purposes.

Where is this EULA? I'm pretty sure that's illegal in the UK unless they give you an obvious box to tick (not hidden away, right there when you sign up) to opt out.

[luckton]

I read on Tom's Hardware that SWOTOR will be Origin-exclusive.

Posting the same thing in multiple threads doesn't make you any cooler.  Esp. since the info is days old.  And if Tom's Hardware is your primary source of information, you really are living in the past.

[fuser]

Where is this EULA? I'm pretty sure that's illegal in the UK unless they give you an obvious box to tick (not hidden away, right there when you sign up) to opt out.

In the Origin Setup

2.  Consent to Collection and Use of Data.  

You agree that EA may collect, use, store and transmit technical and related information that identifies your computer (including the Internet Protocol Address), operating system, Application usage (including but not limited to successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral hardware, that may be gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, dynamically served content, product support and other services to you, including online services. EA may also use this information combined with personal information for marketing purposes and to improve our products and services.  We may also share that data with our third party service providers in a form that does not personally identify you.  IF YOU DO NOT WANT EA TO COLLECT, USE, STORE, TRANSMIT OR DISPLAY THE DATA DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE APPLICATION.
This and all other data provided to EA and/or collected by EA in connection with your installation and use of this Application is collected, used, stored and transmitted in accordance with EA’s Privacy Policy located at www.ea.com <http://www.ea.com>.  To the extent that anything in this section conflicts with the terms of EA’s Privacy Policy, the terms of the Privacy Policy shall control.  

Section 3 is also terribad

[sinij]

Posting the same thing in multiple threads doesn't make you any cooler.  Esp. since the info is days old.  And if Tom's Hardware is your primary source of information, you really are living in the past.

I found info interesting and it will affect my gaming purchases/decisions. If you don't like it, feel free to go fuck yourself.

[palmer_eldritch]

That is a horrible EULA but personally I don't care if EA tells people they have a customer with this type of computer who plays Sims3 a lot. I was under the impression the EULA said they would send details about me along with it (eg name, country, IP address, motherboard number). It doesn't.

I have good news on the name front



Just don't give it to them.

By the way, if anyone wants to friend me up on Steam, my username is palmer_eldritch. I'm not blanking my name out in this image to avoid you all :)

[caladein]

Okay, so my initial concern about Origin, that they were completely scrapping the current EA Download Manager as a result, wasn't the case.  The beta is just a rename so far (they added all the friends list stuff like a month ago) so I assume the EADM guts are still in there which means it's a perfectly fine downloader/installer/thing to download manuals from.

[Mrbloodworth]

Your post, is now canceled.

[Strazos]

I used the EADM a few months back to get my free copy of ME2...everything seems to work fine, except that I have to manually login to the Cerberus Network each time I run the game.

[eldaec]

You do not need to give Origin your real name. I use it and I never have. The option of allowing people to find me by searching for my real name was not ticked by default in my client, although that may be because I never gave them my name.

the EULA clearly states that your habits, system usage and platform details will be shared with advertisers for marketing purposes.

Where is this EULA? I'm pretty sure that's illegal in the UK unless they give you an obvious box to tick (not hidden away, right there when you sign up) to opt out.

It is illegal in most of civilised world unless the data cannot be used to identify you, in which case they can do anything they damn well please.

'some guy 5763893' has bought these games, runs this system and plays x hours per week, wouldn't count as personal information in any jurisdiction I know of, but would be more than enough for marketing.

The real risk to you is that EA will disclaim all responsibility when they get hacked, or when an insider inevitably sells blocks of actual personal info. But this is no different to the position with steam, or SOE.

[Yegolev]

Privacy concerns aside, is there any reason for me to bother with this?

[luckton]

Privacy concerns aside, is there any reason for me to bother with this?

Unless EA starts to only sell the digital copy of their games via Origin from TOR onward, no.  Any 'exclusive' content would only come in the form of trailers, screencaps, and/or cheap addon content that's easily leaked out.

[NiX]

Good news! You can buy a game, take the CD Key, download an ISO and do things that way.

[koro]

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ij0hd/eas_new_origin_store_has_great_support/

Hardly compelling evidence against Origin, but I laughed.

[Paelos]

That CS person was in full reverse.

[Sky]

Sounds like he was being very evasive.

[Kirth]

So... I have 2 games on Origin. Free copy of ME2 I got for buying DA2 and my SW:ToR pre-order. I finish ME2 last night and decide I want to check out ME1 , check price on steam and then go to check on Origin and can't log in. Can't log in anywhere on EA's site except @ www.swtor.com. Try changing password get this:

Oooops! Our bad!
We're sorry, but we are currently experiencing some technical difficulties and are unable to handle your request.
Please try again later.

So I want to give EA money but since they fucked up their login/master account/whatever I can't. 

[Sjofn]

Seriously, someone at EA actually hates money. Deep down.

[Lantyssa]

I think they hate games, too.

[Kirth]

My faith in a clean launch for ToR is diminishing greatly. this is straight up clown shoes, I'd post in their support forums.... but I can't log in. I'd post in the only place I can log on, on the swtor.com site, but it would get drowned on lore arguments and polls about entertainer being a playable class after launch. 

[Sky]

If you didn't buy a box, you only have yourself to blame.

As for EA: "The only thing saving us from their evil is their incompetence." - Jon Stewart

[Kirth]

If you didn't buy a box, you only have yourself to blame.

As for EA: "The only thing saving us from their evil is their incompetence." - Jon Stewart

I did... when you do you get your code that you enter into origin for presumably early access.

[Kirth]

So this:

Apparently this has been occuring a lot with many accounts. I am not able to log into my origin.com account either on the site or on the program. I have put $80.00+ in game preorders and purchases on there. The error message is that my password or id is incorrect when it infact is not. The e-mail password reset function doesn't work at all. I just got off the phone with Origin Help and they said the system looks like it has possibly been hacked and that this problem has been going for a couple of days now. They say it should be fixed by Saturday...I'm just saying if this isn't fixed I'd like a refund seeing how I cannot use my games and I recent bought one and now I am even unable to even download it fully let alone play it. I also pre-ordered SWTOR at the convenience of it being a digital download. If the servers have been "hacked" our information better not have been leaked and if this issue doesn't get resolved over the weekend I expect compensation if not my money back. I want to play my games I regret not buying them elsewhere and I'm tired of waiting...and obviously we can still make new accounts and log on perfectly fine...its definitely something to do with older accounts. Please fix this error ASAP.

Source: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/7475617.page

Anyone else here having issues?

[Paelos]

I had issues logging into the SWTOR site before, yes.

[Ingmar]

I haven't had any problems with my EA accounts but I've never done anything with Origin specifically yet. DA2 is logging in fine, and I just logged in to the SWTOR site with no problem as well.

[Merusk]

Same for me as for Ingmar, tho it's ME2 not DA2.

[Sjofn]

I haven't had any issues, thankfully. I haven't actually bought anything on Origin, but I need to use it to patch the Sims, so I have it all set up anyway. :P

[Kirth]

Well the only reason I had it installed was because the bribed me with free Mass Effect 2.

[jakonovski]

Seems like EA's screwup regarding pre-release availability was truly a blessing in disguise. Now I can just comment from the peanut gallery.

[Kirth]

And suddenly without any intervention on my part I can log into origin again.

[tgr]

Parody commercial for EA Origin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR6LqhIf_s8