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JDaTopo
4 years ago

Why Does EA Force Game Pass PC Members to use EA Desktop?

EA should really have the option to port EA Play with Game Pass to Origin as well as EA Desktop. It makes no sense that EA is forcing everyone to use an unstable, "Beta" version of a launcher when th...
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JackStillAlive's avatar
JackStillAlive
4 years ago
@CarbonCarl Too bad Game Pass users are forced to use EA Desktop for EA Play titles(doesn't work through Origin).... so Jedi Fallen Order is literally unplayable for me, and has been for 4 days now thanks to that trash client.
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holger1405
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4 years ago

@JackStillAlive 

JFO launches just fine for me on EA Desktop.

If a game refuses to launch it is not necessarily a Client problem.

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    JDaTopo
    4 years ago
    @holger1405 It is a client problem. I’ve had no issues trying to launch the same games form Origin before, and the launching issues happen on multiple systems for me.
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      holger1405
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      4 years ago

      @JDaTopo 

      It also could be a problem in the communication between Game pass and the client. 

      This linking between Game Pass PC Members and EA Desktop is fairly new.

      It will probably take some time until all problems are solved.

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        JDaTopo
        4 years ago

        I understand that it’s fairly new, but what does the link between the two have to do with anything if all of the games are being launched and played through EA?

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