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JOKA_ on 03 May 2015

It was actually a problem on PS4

I had to sign in with my origin account to play BF4 online but no matter what I did my password wouldn't work, password reset emails werent coming, and EA customer service couldnt help me. Ended up making a new account just so I could get BF4 working

 

I'm a little nervous about Battlefield because of this



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Mr.Playstation on 03 May 2015

No, not really. I don't know why everyone hates Origin though, sure it's controlled by EA but thanks to them I got the Original Dead Space and Battlefield 3 on the house. I never really used U Play before.



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SubiyaCryolite on 03 May 2015

No. I have Steam, Battlenet, Origin and UPlay on my box and I've never understood the outrage. Origin is actually cool because my speedlist and friends from Most Wanted on Wii U transferred to Rivals on my PC. I also get the best download speeds on Origin.



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Sentient_Nebula on 03 May 2015

I can tolerate Origin, because at least it works.

Uplay on the other hand, does not.



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Arlo on 03 May 2015

I've never passed on a Steam game that required Uplay or whatever, but I've passed on a couple bundles because of some of the games only being redeemable on Origin.



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Ruler on 03 May 2015

i wanted to try out the Hardline MP beta from EA but it required an Origins account on the PS4, just deleted it straight. I dont understand how can sony allow this?



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tolu619 on 03 May 2015
SubiyaCryolite said:
No. I have Steam, Battlenet, Origin and UPlay on my box and I've never understood the outrage. Origin is actually cool because my speedlist and friends from Most Wanted on Wii U transferred to Rivals on my PC. I also get the best download speeds on Origin.


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Ganoncrotch on 03 May 2015
vkaraujo said:

I know this is a PC problem, but i suspect everyone games on PC now and then.

So, I was talking to a friend some days ago, when Valiant Hearts was on Sale on Steam. He told me he didn't bought it because he didn't wanted to use Uplay in his PC (even buying it on Steam, you need Uplay to play it). I've actually took a similar decision last year, when i didn't got DA:I on PC because of Origin.

Was wondering if this was common. So did you ever got a game on a different system , or just outright avoided it because of Origin/Uplay, etc?

It's not just a PC issue in the slightest, loads of EA games for the Xbox and PS3 require you to create an origin account just to access their multiplayer elements, completely put me off a few games, BF3 on the Ps3 was pretty tied up with origin junk that was completely unneeded just seemed to be trying to bloat their numbers at the time to compare to steams users.



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Ultrashroomz on 03 May 2015

I've never bought a game from Origin, but I don't think Origin is that bad, so I don't think that would stop me.

As for UPlay, I bought Far Cry 3 on Steam about a year ago, and I must say, UPlay is probably the worst DRM I've ever dealt with.

I'm probably never buying another game that requires UPlay.



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alrightiwill on 03 May 2015

There is literally nothing wrong with Uplay or Origin(as in comparison to Steam) and most people that say there are issues are people that haven't used them.

People just love Steam so hate on everything else. Steam = DRM too