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[Pen-N-Paper]

I will be changing my PC in April 2015.  I am still using XP on a machine without resources to handle Win os 7. When Windows plans to release os 9, about April, I plan to upgrade my PC. This plan and its timeframe won’t change.

 

So I am wondering what happens to games licensed on my current system PC now? Do I need two licenses? Do I need to “buy the game” twice? (Otherwise, I guess I would have two copies of the game on two computers.)

 

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Also:

I am living in a foreign country, and I plan to return home to Canada in about two years.

 

So I am wondering what happens to games on my system tied to my current IP address now? Do I need to “buy the game” license twice?  

 

 

I am asking because this whole "rent my purchase" is foreign to my mind.

 

I come from a time when I paid for something and I owned it – like music on CD. I can listen to it on my stereo; rip it and listen to it on Winamp; go to my friend’s place and listen to it; and even DJ at a party with my CDs (because I own them and can carry them). I understand that some corporations would get upset if I were to burn music from the radio onto CD and make “mix tapes” with/for friends but I cannot see how trying to stop practices common as far back as the 1960s helps anything in the 2010s. And my old mindset, probably adds to my confusion as much as the actual confusion in my two questions.

 

I would appreciate answers that talk down to my level of understanding (without condescending to me). Thanks in advance for your understanding, and for your effort to clarify my grasp of what to expect.  

[dutch_gamer]

With a PC you never run into game license issues if you upgrade your PC or if you happen to buy a completely new PC. Only consoles have the issue of your games being bound to a particular machine.

 

As a response to the above post. Yes, even with a CD you will need an Origin activation on PC. So this means that even if you bought a CD you can play your game on any PC as long as you log in with the Origin account your game is bound to.

[dch2404]

You only have to buy a single licence for yourself. Once bought (either disc or digital), the licence is tied to your Origin account, not your machine, and is yours forever.

[Pen-N-Paper]

Thanks Dudes. Much appreciate it.

 

What happens to my game license if I cannot access the Internet (for any number of reasons)?  

How does/will this work?

[boissiere]

It will depends because it depends on the games and manufacturer' s choices. If you have already recorded it, you should be able to start your game if origin doesn't force you to be on line for playing.

[Gileadan]

Generally, Origin lets you login in offline mode. From then on, it depends on how the individual game handles it. I just tried this with Mass Effect 3, and while it obviously could not verify its DLCs at the start of the game, it did not complain and loaded a save game with active DLC just fine. So once you've activated your product online, you should generally be fine unless DA:I turns out to be harsher in that regard than previous products.