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[LoK-y-Yo]

Mass Effect 3 needs Origin to be played. If Origin were shut down, in like, 5 years (some companies closes, that may happen), and I would wish to play it like I have played the Mass Effect original now, how would I do it?

[Dragoonlordz]

Edit: Post removed. This thread is to ask questions and await answers on how ME3 and Origin work together. Questions about Origin can be taken to the link in the OP.

Modifié par Chris Priestly, 03 février 2012 - 10:21 .

[ETermin]

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Modifié par Chris Priestly, 03 février 2012 - 10:19 .

[eyesofastorm]

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Modifié par Chris Priestly, 03 février 2012 - 10:20 .

[Pupuppu]

Dragoonlordz wrote...

LoK-y-Yo wrote...

Mass Effect 3 needs Origin to be played. If Origin were shut down, in like, 5 years (some companies closes, that may happen), and I would wish to play it like I have played the Mass Effect original now, how would I do it?

They will release a patch for game which turns off need for Origin.

Since you were talking hypothetical scenarios, I provided you with a hypothetical solution.

As have no way of knowing when or even if will ever happen, no point at all worrying about it until or unless it does.

As it is happening all the time in the past years, I fail to see why this is hypothetical. Your answer is hypothecial imho, as I do not know of any DRM service that provided a DRM free patch when they shut down, instead customers lost their licenses.
This is why an offical answer on this issue would be appreciated, before one should invest into this service. They sure have a plan for this scenario, shouldn't they?

[Shabdez]

Fredvdp wrote...

A question I haven't seen answered yet.

What does Origin add to the ME3 experience from the player's point of view? I understand how data collection benefits EA, but does this forced service actually add anything to the single-player game experience for us?

I´m hoping so much, that someone is going to answer this question finally. But please, no marketing talk.

[Rotkaepchen]

But mainly it acts as the DRM though it is a lot better when compared to Securom which has limited installs or UBI-softs DRM which requires constant internet connection even to play SP games.

Great argument wolfsite. If it's worse out there, it's ok to be "only" bad !

[Rotkaepchen]

But again the question is if it's possible for the company to go out of business..... it is possible.... but honestly it's not happenning anytime in the forseeable future.

Wolfsite, I may have missed something here, but, do you happen to work for €A or BW ?
No offence, just curious.

[Chris Priestly]

Rotkaepchen wrote...

But again the question is if it's possible for the company to go out of business..... it is possible.... but honestly it's not happenning anytime in the forseeable future.

Wolfsite, I may have missed something here, but, do you happen to work for €A or BW ?
No offence, just curious.

Nope, he's just smart enough to note the obvious.

[Rotkaepchen]

Chris Priestly wrote...

Rotkaepchen wrote...

But again the question is if it's possible for the company to go out of business..... it is possible.... but honestly it's not happenning anytime in the forseeable future.

Wolfsite, I may have missed something here, but, do you happen to work for €A or BW ?
No offence, just curious.

Nope, he's just smart enough to note the obvious.

Mr. Priestly, with all due respect, you may want to stop flattering people who back you up and start answearing some serious questions, like "What
does Origin add to the ME3 experience from the player's point of view? I
understand how data collection benefits EA, but does this forced service
actually add anything to the single-player game experience for us?". Sorry, but no smiley here.

[Wulfram]

So to ask questions about Origin you need to sign up for an Origin account. Funny.

[Gatt9]

Chris Priestly wrote...

Rotkaepchen wrote...

But again the question is if it's possible for the company to go out of business..... it is possible.... but honestly it's not happenning anytime in the forseeable future.

Wolfsite, I may have missed something here, but, do you happen to work for €A or BW ?
No offence, just curious.

Nope, he's just smart enough to note the obvious.

I'd have alot more faith in that statement if your company hadn't released this announcement 2 days ago...

Despite the growing sales, EA posted a net loss of $205 million for the quarter. While still in the red, it was at least down from a net loss of $322 million for the same period the year prior.

Which tells me that not only did your company lose hundreds of million this holiday season,  but they also lost hundreds of millions last holiday season,  so there's some major problem with the buisness plan.

Generally speaking,  companies that trend in losing hundreds of millions in their "Strongest potential sales quarter" don't tend to stick around too long.

[Dragoonlordz]

Rotkaepchen wrote...

Mr. Priestly, with all due respect, you may want to stop flattering people who back you up and start answearing some serious questions, like "What does Origin add to the ME3 experience from the player's point of view? I
understand how data collection benefits EA, but does this forced service actually add anything to the single-player game experience for us?". Sorry, but no smiley here.

Question was originally posed with the added mention of asking for no marketing speak, well if don't want marketing speak then it's a question for the players not the company at that stage.

As a player who uses it and already answered this myself, how I have preference for the Origin client over Steam regarding resources used and speed of both download and application itself, I use both. I prefer getting my titles through digital distribution instead of having shelves full of cd's, dvd's and blu-ray's which to be honest is quite annoying these days. I have friends on both clients and talk to them and the only thing I would like more so with Origin which believe will come over time is more titles, more sales and lastly few more features but the client itself is good imho better than steams client and I prefer to use clients than retail to keep my games organised and stored as well as way to avoid annoying issues of lost or scratched discs. The no client option for purpose of DD which already stated prefer myself over retail, is not as good because it requires me to remember over a dozen passwords and usernames for each D2D, GoG, Gamersgate, Impulse, Amazon and many more. A client or in my case two clients is better for me in this regard.

Modifié par Dragoonlordz, 04 février 2012 - 12:33 .

[Pupuppu]

Chris Priestly wrote...

Rotkaepchen wrote...

But again the question is if it's possible for the company to go out of business..... it is possible.... but honestly it's not happenning anytime in the forseeable future.

Wolfsite, I may have missed something here, but, do you happen to work for €A or BW ?
No offence, just curious.

Nope, he's just smart enough to note the obvious.

The question was not how long Electronic Arts will exist, but what happens to our games (including ME3) when EA shuts Origin down.

[Rotkaepchen]

Dragoonlordz wrote...

Rotkaepchen wrote...

Mr. Priestly, with all due respect, you may want to stop flattering people who back you up and start answearing some serious questions, like "What does Origin add to the ME3 experience from the player's point of view? I
understand how data collection benefits EA, but does this forced service actually add anything to the single-player game experience for us?". Sorry, but no smiley here.

Question was originally posed with the added mention of asking for no marketing speak, well if don't want marketing speak then it's a question for the players not the company at that stage.

As a player who uses it and already answered this myself, how I have preference for the Origin client over Steam regarding resources used and speed of both download and application itself, I use both. I prefer getting my titles through digital distribution instead of having shelves full of cd's, dvd's and blu-ray's which to be honest is quite annoying these days. I have friends on both clients and talk to them and the only thing I would like more so with Origin which believe will come over time is more titles, more sales and lastly few more features but the client itself is good imho better than steams client and I prefer to use clients than retail to keep my games organised and stored as well as way to avoid annoying issues of lost or scratched discs.

So, you're presuming that Mr. Priestly isn't able to reply in another manner than "marketing speak" and feel obliged to take over for him. Interesting insight.

And there we have the ultimate solution for scratched disks and the embarrassment of having to storage tons of DVDs. ORIGIN, yeah !

Modifié par Rotkaepchen, 04 février 2012 - 12:44 .

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

Still waiting for an answer on how the game operates with the Origin client (like launches through it or independently with still Origin installed)...nobody seems to know, lots of speculation though, probably the former.

[Nexis7]

save your anger for the reapers.

[Dragoonlordz]

Edit: This is not an ME3 related question. Stay on topic or go the the EA forums to discuss Origin

Modifié par Chris Priestly, 04 février 2012 - 03:30 .

[LoK-y-Yo]

Edit: This is not an ME3 related question. Stay on topic or go the the EA forums to discuss Origin

Modifié par Chris Priestly, 04 février 2012 - 03:30 .

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

Edit: This is not an ME3 related question. Stay on topic or go the the EA forums to discuss Origin

Modifié par Chris Priestly, 04 février 2012 - 03:31 .

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

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Modifié par Chris Priestly, 04 février 2012 - 03:31 .

[Olwydd]

I've dealt a fair bit with Origin and my experience has never been pleasant. It seems to be EA's buggy, clunky, invasive, and annoying videogame 'Facebook' analogue. I could understand requiring players to set up an Origin account for multiplayer. But forcing end users to create an account and install the programme for their single-player experience doesn't sit well with me. I don't care about what other people are up to - I want to play ME3 and keep it to myself.

As far as I can tell, Origin really doesn't benefit anyone, and seems to annoy/scare a lot of people; at best people are neutral towards it, at worst they're dead opposed to it. It doesn't matter whether their fears are justified or not, the overall sentiment seems to be unfavourable towards Origin, with a fairly large number of people so against it that they refuse to install any game that features it. Seeing as how no-one really actually benefits from its inclusion, it just seems like a bad move on BioWare's part to include it (and it was likely a decision made above the developers’ heads). The only thing it’ll do is turn off potential customers.

I just hope that BioWare will eventually allow users to access ME3 withouthaving to go through Origin. For now, I’ll buy ME3 and install Origin, but I won’t be happy about it. I don’t like people looking through my stuff without permission. That type of thing should be illegal.

[wolfsite]

Olwydd wrote...

I just hope that BioWare will eventually allow users to access ME3 withouthaving to go through Origin. For now, I’ll buy ME3 and install Origin, but I won’t be happy about it. I don’t like people looking through my stuff without permission. That type of thing should be illegal.

I'm not implying anything hre but if you haven't I would suggest reading this

tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACY/US/en/PC/