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5 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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JDaTopo

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5 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.

holger1405

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5 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.

JDaTopo
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5 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?
- holger1405
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  5 years ago
  @JDaTopo
  
  There must be some form of licensing between the Desktop app and the Xbox game pass.
  
  If this license is not properly integrated it could be the problem.
  
  I saw it happened before with Mass Effect 3, but in the end this is nothing but speculation.
  - Carbonic
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    5 years ago
    The Game Pass integration is new, there's no reason why integrating that in Origin wouldn't result in bugs too.
    
    Since EA Desktop is going to replace Origin it's rather silly wasting developer time on the Game Pass integration there too. Investing in getting it to work well on EA Desktop will be money spent on something that is going to be used for a long time.