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Everybody hates Origin (or EA App, or whatever its called this month).
Or, if they don't hate it, they tolerate it. I've never heard anybody
say anything POSITIVE about it; it's always been one of those things
you just had to endure if you wanted to play a modern Electronic Arts
game. You'd click the icon and have to wait for Origin to load first.
Sure, in recent iterations it managed to politely stay in the
background --loading invisibly with the game and shutting down after
you quit-- but you knew it was there. Even if you purchased the game
on Steam or Epic, you still suffered through Origin. It was like death
and taxes; nobody liked it but you just accepted it as one of those
things you had to live with.

Except... maybe EA is finally listening to its customers? Because it
turns out that Battlefield 6 _won't_ need you to use Origin. Well, not
if you buy it on Steam, anyway (if you buy it from Origin, or Epic,
you're still stuck with the mess). You'll still need an EA account,
but the software will be optional.*

Which makes sense, at least from a player perspective. It's not as if
Origin does anything Steam doesn't already provide to games already; matchmaking, chat, achievements, etc... it's all in Steam. The only
benefit Origin brought anyone was EA, and who wants to pay for
something that only benefits a corporation?

Why EA has suddenly become so sane is uncertain, and I'm sure that in
some way, somehow, this will likely rebound back on players and fuck
them over. It's EA, after all. But until then I'll close my eyes and
pretend this is actually good news.




* it says so on EA's own FAQ https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-6/faq
Q: "Do I need EA App to play Battlefield 6?

A: Steam players will not need to use EA App to play
Battlefield 6 but will need an EA account. Those who
purchased Battlefield 6 via the Epic Games Store will
need EA App and an EA account to play."


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No. And I didn't read any of this.

j/k


On Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:24:36 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Everybody hates Origin (or EA App, or whatever its called this month).
Or, if they don't hate it, they tolerate it. I've never heard anybody
say anything POSITIVE about it; it's always been one of those things
you just had to endure if you wanted to play a modern Electronic Arts
game. You'd click the icon and have to wait for Origin to load first.
Sure, in recent iterations it managed to politely stay in the
background --loading invisibly with the game and shutting down after
you quit-- but you knew it was there. Even if you purchased the game
on Steam or Epic, you still suffered through Origin. It was like death
and taxes; nobody liked it but you just accepted it as one of those
things you had to live with.

Except... maybe EA is finally listening to its customers? Because it
turns out that Battlefield 6 _won't_ need you to use Origin. Well, not
if you buy it on Steam, anyway (if you buy it from Origin, or Epic,
you're still stuck with the mess). You'll still need an EA account,
but the software will be optional.*

Which makes sense, at least from a player perspective. It's not as if
Origin does anything Steam doesn't already provide to games already; >matchmaking, chat, achievements, etc... it's all in Steam. The only
benefit Origin brought anyone was EA, and who wants to pay for
something that only benefits a corporation?

Why EA has suddenly become so sane is uncertain, and I'm sure that in
some way, somehow, this will likely rebound back on players and fuck
them over. It's EA, after all. But until then I'll close my eyes and
pretend this is actually good news.

* it says so on EA's own FAQ >https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-6/faq
Q: "Do I need EA App to play Battlefield 6?

A: Steam players will not need to use EA App to play
Battlefield 6 but will need an EA account. Those who
purchased Battlefield 6 via the Epic Games Store will
need EA App and an EA account to play."

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On Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:24:36 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Everybody hates Origin (or EA App, or whatever its called this month).
Or, if they don't hate it, they tolerate it. I've never heard anybody
say anything POSITIVE about it; it's always been one of those things
you just had to endure if you wanted to play a modern Electronic Arts
game. You'd click the icon and have to wait for Origin to load first.
Sure, in recent iterations it managed to politely stay in the
background --loading invisibly with the game and shutting down after
you quit-- but you knew it was there. Even if you purchased the game
on Steam or Epic, you still suffered through Origin. It was like death
and taxes; nobody liked it but you just accepted it as one of those
things you had to live with.

You're over-thinking and over-reporting again Spalls.

The Battlefield series is mostly about online multiplayer, and we all
know that's not your forte so it's weird that you'd even comment on
that game here.

As far as Steam vs EA Origin and other clients..

For multiplayer games, having friends can enhance the experience....
and, it can be inconvenient if you have to maintain multiple friends
lists on multiple online stores, and often one store app forces you to
use a different nickname, because the one you use on the other one is
taken, etc. It sounds like a small thing but its a pain in the ass
for folks that like to play with friends and squad-up in a game like
the BF series. Seasoned multiplayer gamers who know what they're
doing don't really want 3-4 different user interfaces to do the same
fucking thing, just match make and enter a game.

It really has nothing to do with the client itself being bad or being
any more intrusive than any other game client...assuming the PC user
who has it installed is reasonably adept at using a computer in the
first place it shouldn't be a problem, seem different, or even be
anything to gossip about.

Battlefield 6, and that it's available on Steam from day 1 isn't even
a new idea.... BF2042 came out in 2021 and did the same thing. I just
chose to try before buy using EA Play or whatever it's called, because
I think it was $15 a month and then if you want to buy games it would
have been 10% discount for subscribers (so if I decided to buy, which
I didn't at the time, the total cost of trying it out before buy was
like $3 more than release-date cost for those who decided to rent
before purchase). As I wrote in another thread I didn't like what I
saw during that rent period, opted to not buy, and cancel the
subscription after trying a few other games on the platform.

Usenet seems to be becoming kind of like the skid row of gaming. And
every time one of these drama queen reports lands on usenet servers,
it's kind of like another homeless bum taking a shit on the sidewalk.
Try to invest some time making your posts meaningful, and I think
you'll be closer to actually achieving whatever it is you hope to
achieve.
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:24 this Friday (GMT):

Everybody hates Origin (or EA App, or whatever its called this month).
Or, if they don't hate it, they tolerate it. I've never heard anybody
say anything POSITIVE about it; it's always been one of those things
you just had to endure if you wanted to play a modern Electronic Arts
game. You'd click the icon and have to wait for Origin to load first.
Sure, in recent iterations it managed to politely stay in the
background --loading invisibly with the game and shutting down after
you quit-- but you knew it was there. Even if you purchased the game
on Steam or Epic, you still suffered through Origin. It was like death
and taxes; nobody liked it but you just accepted it as one of those
things you had to live with.

Except... maybe EA is finally listening to its customers? Because it
turns out that Battlefield 6 _won't_ need you to use Origin. Well, not
if you buy it on Steam, anyway (if you buy it from Origin, or Epic,
you're still stuck with the mess). You'll still need an EA account,
but the software will be optional.*

Which makes sense, at least from a player perspective. It's not as if
Origin does anything Steam doesn't already provide to games already; matchmaking, chat, achievements, etc... it's all in Steam. The only
benefit Origin brought anyone was EA, and who wants to pay for
something that only benefits a corporation?

Why EA has suddenly become so sane is uncertain, and I'm sure that in
some way, somehow, this will likely rebound back on players and fuck
them over. It's EA, after all. But until then I'll close my eyes and
pretend this is actually good news.

* it says so on EA's own FAQ https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-6/faq
Q: "Do I need EA App to play Battlefield 6?

A: Steam players will not need to use EA App to play
Battlefield 6 but will need an EA account. Those who
purchased Battlefield 6 via the Epic Games Store will
need EA App and an EA account to play."

I feel like this is going to be 1 step forward, 50000 steps back, and
they're just making a consession to gain some goodwill for the next
stupid idea.
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