If I buy F1 2022 on Steam, can I play with my friend who bought it on Origin ?
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
@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.
