EA Allows Banned Origin Users Access To Single Player Content

Written by: Austin Regimbal (@austinreg) | April 17, 2012 5:16 pm

17 Comments

EA is in the headlines again today, but this time it’s not for their lackluster business practices.

Digital distribution service Origin has had a major change imposed for users with suspended accounts.

According to their official website, banned users have had access to purchased single player content since December 15, 2011. In order for one to access their content, they must simply activate Origin’s offline mode.

It’s fairly popular within PC gaming circles to gripe about Origin, especially when digital distribution competitor Steam is seemingly more popular platform for downloading games. Allowing users access to purchased content while suspended is a step in the right direction for Origin.

EA’s reputation has been tarnished in light of recent events.

Perhaps these new improvements in player relations on Origin are to make up for being named The Consumerist‘s “Worst Company in America 2012.”

The heat over the Mass Effect 3 ending surely didn’t help either.

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EA Allows Banned Origin Users Access To Single Player Content

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Darkfire124

Screw Netflix =D
http://www.facebook.com/tony.golightly Tony Golightly

i have a feeling most if not all of the comments are going to be about Netflix.
Remi Chausse

The problem is that Origin didnt only banned you for harassing other people in online games. If you said anything bad about them on their forums, they would do an account ban instead of a forum ban…
- Austin Regimbal
  
  Wow, didn’t know that. That seems a bit excessive!
Deamont

Seems like they are trying to do something to curve the Being the worst company in the US thing heh.
- Austin Regimbal
  
  I definitely think you’re on to something.
- MMO_Doubter
  
  It is “curb”, BTW
  
  I am certain that their lawyers explained to them their legal position.
Jeremy Whallon

It took me five hours to get Mass Effect 3 working when I purchased it because Origin just was not working properly for me. In the end, I was required to have their customer support remote activate the product just to install it on my computer. I’ve had a few other substantial problems since then that have not been resolved to my satisfaction as well. They’ve comped me some DLC and discount coupon for another of their products, but my experience with Origin has been so poor there is no way I’d buy something else from them in the near future.
- Austin Regimbal
  
  Thanks for your response, Jeremy. It’s too bad that EA can’t make Origin to the same quality that Valve made Steam.
  - http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Johnson/1353890372 Michael Johnson
    
    When a company creates a product to emulate another product, the former will always be inferior
Jay Nielson

Netflix is pro SOPA… I’m so confused….
http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Johnson/1353890372 Michael Johnson

EA is letting people play the games they bought?

Truly, their generosity knows no bounds
- ChristopherMitchell1
  
  That is what I was going to say…
MMO_Doubter

GBTV 3.0: even MORE sales pitches.

WTG. Now, ask me for a donation. Yeah, right.
- http://twitter.com/nuggsftw Jarrod layton
  
  If GBTV wants to accept cash monies as sponsorship so be it. Get over it. They run off of donations, ads and sponsorship. They have to pay for those sweet screens somehow
  On a side note, good to see EA letting peeps play the games they have been banned from.
ChristopherMitchell1

I’m surprised EA is still even trying to upkeep Origins. If they are going to lay people off they may as well close that out because they are not competing hardly at all with Steam and other distributors.
jazzbrownie

Netflix and EA both mentioned in one video. It’s like an anti-consumer get together.