Too many computers have accessed this account's version of Battlefield 2042

As many others, I also have this issue.

I ordered a hardcopy of BF2042 which I received today. My internet at home is crap to say the least so I decided to download it at work.

Got the download all sorted out, copied to a USB and when I got home I copied the game to my home PC and imported the game via Origin.

After trying to launch it I got the popup error: "Too many PC's tried to access this game. Try again later.".

This is seriously annoying for many many reasons.

• Primary one being that the game is tied to MY EA account not the PC I'm downloading/playing the game on.
• Second reason which doesn't apply to me but does to quite a few others I'd assume is that some people have both a gaming PC and a gaming laptop. They might want to play it on the go somewhere or at home.

This system is completely useless and arbitrary for no reason whatsoever. Other clients don't have these kinds of systems in place - namely Steam, GOG and Uplay.

If by the end of the day you at EA want to keep this system then I'd suggest you implement it in a way that doesn't check the PC but the user logged into Origin on that PC - the hash or however you do it.

Second option is how GOG does it - offline installers. Have a separate download option for an installer which we can download anywhere and then install on the PC we want.

The second option would be my preffered way if you're insisting on keeping this system because in case of file corruption I can just reuse the it to quickly reinstall the game.

The best overall option would be to remove the system and implement the offline installer as well in my opinion.

The offline installers can be encrypted and only usable when you're logged into Origin or the new EA app.

This issue made me quite mad as I was looking forward to playing some BF2042 and unwind during the weekend. But now it seems I'll only be able to play the game after the 24 hours or however much it takes for the PC checking to reset.

EA, this is really bad user/customer experience - I myself am willing to wait it out but many others are not (it's also bad for your overall business...).

Hope this reaches someone who listens to feedback and can ACTUALLY do something about it (support apparently cannot).

EDIT:

I bought a hardcopy because I collect boxes for those wondering.

I also don't have a DVD drive anymore so I couldn't install it with that anyway.