When will EA APP replace Origin as the definitive platform?
I think I read that it was going to be December when Origin would go out of business.
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Well I must be crazy as well. Just two days ago I did a clean install of Windows. Because of issues with the EA App I installed Origin but decided to install the EA App just in case I need it in the future. It DID uninstall Origin but I just installed Origin again and have been playing my game in Origin ever since. There was an update today and it installed in the Origin app just fine. So if you are having problems I suggest trying to install Origin again.
Is there a specific reason to use Origin instead of the EA App?
It works! That's the reason most of us who still do, use it! The app only works properly 20% of the time for me. It is srsly trash at this point & needs a lot of work imo! Currently using trusty (for me) Origin bc I don't feel like un/reinstalling the app right now, as it keeps MAKING me update it when I go in, says it is dling ,then installing, then I click to open it again b/c it closes and does the same thing alll over again! 😞
@Tax0wlbear wrote:Is there a specific reason to use Origin instead of the EA App?
Well let's see here:
1) It shows multiple copies of the same game individually, clearly labelling Standard, Deluxe, Steam etc. EA Desktop mushes them all into one and you are not sure any more if that's some misguided sense of simplicity or if they deleted the other two copies (activations), leaving only one, like what happened when EA first returned to Steam (Steam keys were overriding Origin copies and visa versa until they fixed that).
2) Origin allowed us to choose the install directory for the client itself. EA app setup does not allow you to change the install directory and forces itself onto the C drive. What a brilliant idea! /s Let's just cut decades old Windows feature!
