EA Play: Do Purchases Transfer?
Hiii! ;) So I keep seeing that Origin is changing to EA Play, and I'm worried about losing all the games I've bought. You can't buy the Sims games in person, and apparently they no longer make the ...
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EA Play is a monthly subscription service and is what Origin Access is changing to. Not regular Origin. The subscription services will have no impact on those who have already purchased or plan to purchase their games in the more traditional ways. Under the subscription services, when you drop a game or walk away from it and stop playing, then you have nothing as you were just "renting" the license to play.
EA Desktop is what Origin (the regular kind) is becoming. I believe it's a redo of the programming involved on what is now the regular Origin client and a name change, but the basic idea is that players have purchased a license or provided a key to play their games for as long as they have the means to do so, not by way of some kind of monthly fee rental agreement. Just like the EADM (EA Download Manager) became regular Origin some time in the past, regular Origin will become EA Desktop.
And of course those on Steam or retail disc only (with no Origin involvement) installs do not need to be concerned about any of this.
EA Desktop is what Origin (the regular kind) is becoming. I believe it's a redo of the programming involved on what is now the regular Origin client and a name change, but the basic idea is that players have purchased a license or provided a key to play their games for as long as they have the means to do so, not by way of some kind of monthly fee rental agreement. Just like the EADM (EA Download Manager) became regular Origin some time in the past, regular Origin will become EA Desktop.
And of course those on Steam or retail disc only (with no Origin involvement) installs do not need to be concerned about any of this.
