EA/Origin: If you don't log in for 2 years we'll delete all the games you paid for - Polidicks

[url=http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBTERMS/US/en/PC/#section5]Source - EA Terms of Service[/url] [url=http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/irdhs/ea_will_delete_your_games_if_you_dont_log_in_to/]Summary - Reddit[/url] [release][b]5. Content and Entitlement Availability[/b] Entitlements may only be held in Accounts belonging to legal residents of countries where access to and use of Content and Entitlements is permitted. Entitlements may be purchased or acquired only from EA or an authorized retailer. EA reserves the right to refuse your request(s) to acquire Entitlements, and EA reserves the right to limit or block any request to acquire Entitlements for any reason. We do not guarantee that any Content or Entitlement will be available at all times or at any given time or that we will continue to offer particular Content or Entitlements for any particular length of time. We reserve the right to change and update Content and Entitlements without notice to you. If you have not used your Entitlements or Account for twenty four (24) months or more and your Account has associated Entitlements, your Entitlements will expire and your Account may be cancelled for non-use. Once you have redeemed your Entitlements, that content is not returnable, exchangeable, or refundable for other Entitlements or for cash, or other goods or services.[/release] Sounds like a fantastic service

Wow.

cockbags

Guess who's not going to use Origin. (Me)

I knew there was just going to be SOMETHING.

and this is why steam will always be #1

And because of that and a lot of other things Steam still is the leader. EDIT: Ninjas

double post

hahahaha what I really wasn't planning on using this anyway

Well, that's one important thing to put in the best-selling advice book titled "How Not To Run A Video Game Business". You can find it under Chapter 3: Digital Distribution Services. Someone should probably actually WRITE that damn book. Also, just when you think Activision's a whole lot worse than EA, EA closes the gap by being an arse. It's like a race or a contest! I dearly hope it doesn't fuck with my Steam copy of Dragon Age, although why should it?

But why? Authentication data for even hundreds of games can't exceed a few MB...

I'm betting now that this hit reddit they're going to change it in under a week to save face

I wonder what the guy who thought that up was on.

The hell? I was already planning to not use Origin, except possibly just for BF3, but now there's no way in hell I'll EVER use it.

Steam has a similar clause but without the time limit, basically that they reserve the right to cancel any account due to inactivity. The question is if two years without logging into the game or the service even once is a short or long enough limit.

Steam cancels accounts due to inactivity too.

If Battlefield 3 requires Origin, I wish it would be possible to know how it affects the sales figures. If it's just a dumb download manager that isn't required to play the game, it might not be as bad for them. But then again, EA really likes being a massive dick, I wouldn't be surprised if it initially didn't require Origin, but it became a requirement in a later patch.

what's funny is that there are no mod tools either so good luck to the game lasting for that long

Well, it's not as if I was going to use Origin anyway.

[QUOTE=nikomo;31159303]If Battlefield 3 requires Origin, I wish it would be possible to know how it affects the sales figures. If it's just a dumb download manager that isn't required to play the game, it might not be as bad for them. But then again, EA really likes being a massive dick, I wouldn't be surprised if it initially didn't require Origin, but it became a requirement in a later patch.[/QUOTE]They're rolling out the assholery this early on so expect more. Remember that it is EA. No matter how bad it is now, it is going to get worse.

[QUOTE=5killer;31159285]Steam cancels accounts due to inactivity too.[/QUOTE] Only if the account in question has never purchased a game or made a transaction in game

Okay, why ?

[QUOTE=mangabeaner;31159419]Only if the account in question has never purchased a game or made a transaction in game[/QUOTE]Which is basically a red flag for scam accounts.

Sign in once every two years then

What if you're kidnapped for 3 years?

Fuck off, EA.

[QUOTE=Wootman;31159491]Sign in once every two years then[/QUOTE] I often find myself going to prison for 2 years so that might not be an option I keep assaulting people who make shitty digital distribution platforms

[QUOTE=Zeke129;31159530]I often find myself going to prison for 2 years so that might not be an option I keep assaulting people who make shitty digital distribution platforms[/QUOTE]You have that problem too? Maybe its a disease.

[QUOTE=The golden;31159146]EA has a really hard time of doing anything without being a huge cunt.[/QUOTE] I think it has to do with the large number of soulless lawyers EA employs. Yeah, pretty sure that is the issue here.

This has to be a joke.