Hey everyone,
Origin and Steam will not be able to play online together. When crossplay is introduced later in development, then all platforms can play together in supported crossplay modes (Social Play and Two-Player Career modes)
-rephii
Why don't you give to Steam players the copy of F1 22 on Origin or vice versa?
100 Euros on the EA Play Pro because I wanted to play both F1 and Fifa and now I must play F1 22 in singleplayer? Then give us half of the value of F1 22 back (we can just play Singleplayer) 🙂
What is your suggestion for now origin or steam version ?
Let's be honest here for a second... We all bought the game on one platform. It's called PC... We just used different storefronts, so it shouldn't matter where the game was bought as we are all on the one and same platform. Crossplay is between platforms and not storefronts. We have every right to feel disappointed and angry, as there was no information about inability to play together on the same platform.
How can anyone think that it is acceptable to split your player base like that?
Who made that decision?
What is being done about this abysmal situation?
Any response from EA staff or do we have to just sit quiet and be happy that we can play the game (when it works)?
Of course Steam. Only people on Origin are either EA Play users (most of which aren't really serious F1 players) or cheapskates who bought keys through resellers (since steam keys are no longer distributed). Everyone else is play on Steam. And for those unaware, the Steam version has no Origin client, it's directly tied to Steam, which probably explains the Steam/Origin discrepancy in multiplayer (EA account is just to activate the game).
Steam and Origin aren't just "storefronts' where you buy games, there is also the whole network services aspect, including multiplayer. And take my comment however you like, "belittling" if you want, but it's certainly the truth.
@TheMalWareTM how come we don't see that being a problem in fifa or... I don't know, any other game in the world?
@TheMalWareTM wrote:Of course Steam. Only people on Origin are either EA Play users (most of which aren't really serious F1 players) or cheapskates who bought keys through resellers (since steam keys are no longer distributed). Everyone else is play on Steam. And for those unaware, the Steam version has no Origin client, it's directly tied to Steam, which probably explains the Steam/Origin discrepancy in multiplayer (EA account is just to activate the game).
See stteam description for this game:
"EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required."
This is just hilarious seeing that EA dude saying its not crossplay since they're both PC, hah.
Oh my world, why can't we just have nice things :D
Those that played online in f1 games know they were far from perfect, even far from playable sometimes, but at least we had one problem in codies, now we've got two of them :D
@TheMalWareTM the only pointless thing is defending this decision while:
a) EA did not communicate this being the limitation before the release. One might argue they did not communicate it at all, unless we count a forum reply as an official statement
b) this is diving the PC scene completely, since the origin price is way better and will surely lure those, especially from countries where the game costs a lot.
I'm tired of "it's not that easy" approach, we are talking about a triple A game of one of the most popular sports in the world. This ain't a damn life is strange saga or other indie title.
@TheMalWareTM wrote:
@deniskamirMaybe there is some background process, but there's certainly no Origin client. I have both FIFA and F1 on Steam, I know how they differ.
I think if you open normal origin client you can see f1 22 icon with steam sign, but may be not, because this is special compatible little origin client for this game. But it runs in background like many new origin game.
Old origin game have game icon with steam and full origin client in background.
fifa 22 has same description like f1 22 and probably same client. But I have fifa on origin.
See stteam description for this game:
"EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required."
@TheMalWareTM wrote:
@deniskamirNah there is no Origin client whatsoever, the game is tied to Steam. As I said I do have FIFA 22, I can distinguish the two.
@TheMalWareTM wrote:
@deniskamirYou're special aren't you, I tell you twice that F1 22 doesn't run through Origin nor does the Origin client run in background despite the steam description, you still refuse to understand. Go figure.
Execuse me, I understand you. I just compare descriptions of two games.
But can you see the origin procces in task manager durung launch steam f1 22 game if you don't run full origin client?
There are repercussions for games developers treating customers badly, particularly for annual release titles like the F1 games, in that it will negatively affect future pre-orders and sales. Suggesting otherwise is both wrong and monumentally defeatist/counter-productive.
If a publisher elects to go against the grain of the videogame industry and treat a PC game acquired through different storefronts as needing the crossplay feature to be playable together online then yeah, that needs to be clearly communicated to the consumers.
Crossplay has always being defined as players of different hardware being able to play together.
No one's denying there needing work to make players able to share features when they can get their licenses from different vendors with different validation systems and all, but it's a stretch to call it "crossplay" when these are mainly glorified storefronts.
It's the same software running on equivalent hardware on the same OS.
Again, if you are going to break those common sense assumptions, you need to communicate it loud and clear.
@TheMalWareTMReferring to the inability of a PC game bought on Origin to share features with the very same PC game bought on Steam as being an issue that needs crossplay feature to be fixed is going against the grain.
Those in the know are full aware of the delay on crossplay, it was not only on Lee Mather interviews but also reported all over the news. But there's some fancy acrobatics going on to a) expect people to know that this would split the PC community like this (because it shouldn't!) and b) to clear EA for their absolute inability to communicate that to the consumers.
They're using the term "crossplay" wrongly as PC and PC are the same hardware, full stop. And doing that as an excuse for their messing up.
Edit: Quick quiz. What is better for EA's pockets: be transparent about Origin and the Steam consumers not being able to play together on release before the preorder commenced, or be radio silent about the issue until the players force it to go public?
