All Channels
Popular
70°

EA Origin Currently Down, No Installing, Launching, Downloading Games

As of a few hours ago, the official EA Support Twitter account has confirmed there are currently problems with downloading, installing, or launching games on the Origin client.

Read Full Story >>
gameranx.com
ArnoDorian4041d ago

oh its hilarious imo, but what service of any kind is never down with problems and such.

Reaper29r4041d ago

Exactly lol this is one reason I avoid DRM like the plague. I wish these companies would understand they can't stop pirates, it was never a lost sale, and just let us go back to CD keys for authenticating. 99% sure that's not happening, but a man can dream lol.

just_looken4041d ago

This isnt the early 2,000's even disc based needs origin to run on pc. With origin having issues no doubt battlefield games/simcity/sims etc you get my point even if you have disc based you still need a connection to the server to keep playing your game.

Reaper29r4041d ago (Edited 4041d ago )

@just_looken yeah it is required, NOW. That's because Origin, Steam, uPlay, Battle.net, R* club and every other similar program out there are forced upon us unlike back then. I know CD keys are easy to work around and I understand they want to protect their investment, but someone who pirates your game was not going to buy it anyway. All it does is make things difficult for legit consumers and actually encourages piracy. So I avoid DRM every chance I get. Even though my rig is decent, I will get stuff on console to avoid DRM. No, consoles are not DRM. By that logic playing a game on PC is DRM since the disc won't work on a console. Anyway am I losing out on certain things like mods that way? Yeah. But I'm not slaved to some client that tells me when/what I can and can't play.

And in case someone tries to tell me they pirate to try first, I call bs on that. Maybe, just maybe, a rare few will actually do it for online games. But we know most of you don't, other wise we wouldnt be in this mess. I know several people (sadly) who say the same and never purchase.

TheColbertinator4041d ago

*plays on disc without any problems*

Father__Merrin4041d ago

I knew they were shutting all battlefield servers down and rebooting matey it's because of that. I hope they stick an extra game on the house I quite like origin, I've my pc set up so all ea games are only on Origin

Shineon4041d ago

Can't stand orgin EA should put there games on steam make it easy for everyone

Show all comments (10)
50°

EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch

EA is laying off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.

85d ago Replies(1)
peppeaccardo84d ago

When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!

badz14984d ago

cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla

HyperMoused84d ago

TTK for BF employees needs adjusting

50°

EA makes layoffs at Skate developer Full Circle

The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.

Read Full Story >>
gamedeveloper.com
Profchaos96d ago

The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result

isarai_lee96d ago

It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way

badboyz0996d ago (Edited 96d ago )

🤣🤣🤣

50°

US Lawmakers Urge Review Of EA Sale

The Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers

Read Full Story >>
aftermath.site
Trilithon130d ago

lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6

lodossrage130d ago (Edited 130d ago )

Wait,

The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.

NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.

thorstein130d ago

No. There were elections and some of the scum were replaced.

TheColbertinator130d ago

Different elections. Different scum. Same results.

rlow1130d ago

i know its a long shot, but i hope this gets shot down.

ZwVw130d ago

EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.