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KreigAnth
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2 months ago

EA Game Versions

If I have two versions of a game, one license on Steam and the other license from the EA app. Does it give me the ability to choose which platform to download and update the game? For example: I have Battlefield 2042 on Steam, but it does not give me the option to buy the EA Version or even download from the EA app stating that I should manage the game from Steam. So what happens if I redeem a EA app version of Battlefield 2042 alongside my Steam licensed version? Does it add a EA app version of the game, does it merge both licenses giving access to both platforms, or does it reject the license because I already have it on Steam?

I tried this with Starwars Battlefront 2, I originally had a EA App version of it, and I also have a EPIC Games Store version. Upon installing the EPIC Games Store version, it changed my Battlefront 2's artwork cover adding the EPIC logo on top of it in my EA App library. It allows me to download either from the EPIC Games Store or the EA App, I did not even need EPIC Games Store installed because it recognises my EPIC version even without the EPIC Games Store being installed.

Now from what I undestand Steam manages it's own installation and updates, where as EPIC required the EA App to cover the backend installation. If I did not own an EA version of Starwars Battlefront 2, then would that mean I would only beable to initialise the installation from the Epic Games Store and not the EA app exclusively. If you can not manage multiple platform versions, then this really should be looked at by either allowing the individual to select between EA App, Epic or Steam.

Additionaly, I also want to point out that the inability to change the games artwork to remove the Steam or Epic logo is also rather annoying.

EA App Artwork: No Logo identifying the EA app version.

Steam and Epic Artwork with Logos identifying the version.

But what if we own two versions of the same game on different platforms, what happens to the artwork in your library?

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    KreigAnth
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 months ago

    Interesting, it seems the EPIC Games version has reverted its artwork back to the EA app version. EA App identifies the standard edition which is the EA app base version, and then identifies the Epic Games Store version which is the Celebration Edition as an addon upgrade. It has somewhat combined the licences from both stores.

     

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    KreigAnth
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 months ago

    Did some more experimenting.

    If you buy both a Steam licence or an EA app licence, it does not matter which order you purchase them, the EA app will priortize the EA licence first and will revert the games artwork back to the EA app version with no logo. This allows you to download the game exclusively through the EA app without Steam. However things change when you install the Steam version, if a Steam installation is present on your computer, the EA app will priortize the Steam version over the EA version. Once the EA app detects the Steam version, the games artwork changes to the artwork with the Steam logo; there is no way to revert to the EA version with the Steam version installed. 

    The EA app does not present you with a button to choose which version you wish to use to launch unfortunately. The only way to revert back to the EA version is to uninstall the Steam version and only have the EA app version installed. Also, you can not have two installations seperately, even if you have both the EA version or Steam version installed at the same time, no matter what .exe you start, be it in the steamapps folder or your EA folder directory, it will always run the Steam version as default.

    So in conclusion, you can have multiple licenses, but Steam will be priortized over the EA app until you uninstall the Steam version in which it then reverts back to the EA version for you to freely use. You may also have to verify the download again, restart the app or clear the cache for it show properly in your installed category.

    Hope this helps 👍

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