Download Mass Effect (1) through Origin?
I have a retail version of Mass Effect ⚽ but have lost the DVD - however I still have the manual with the licence key on it. I have registered this with EA, but it does not seem to show up in Origin...
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At this point I would try contacting an EA Game Advisor and explaining the situation to see if there is anything they can do.
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Older retail copies of Mass Effect are not compatible with Origin. I managed to get my copy on origin by using the live chat feature. For some reason I had to make a Pogo account, but I eventually managed to register the game just fine.
I have a question for EA: Is it technically legal to borrow someone else's copy of Mass Effect as long as you use your own seriel key?
You have to contact EA directly via email or live chat to have it added and it does require a pogo account. This is how i got my retail ME and CnC3 added to my origin account
right now it seems to work by simply adding the key in origin.
lost the original disc, too. i just tried to download it via origin by entering the registration-key and it worked.
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I have a question for EA: Is it technically legal to borrow someone else's copy of Mass Effect as long as you use your own seriel key?
I'm not an EA employee, and I don't play one on TV, but the answer is: "Yes." The product key gives the legitimate purchaser a license for the game, regardless of the source of the bits. It's the same as buying the game on Steam, then deciding to download from Origin instead. Same "key" for different sources, but bound to one user's account.
