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[–] pandacoder 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Didn't EA shut down Origin or at least make it optional?

Remember Valve is the company and Steam is the storefront/launcher.

Epic is the company, EGS is the storefront/launcher.

EA is the company, Origin is (was?) the storefront/launcher.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Didn’t EA shut down Origin or at least make it optional?

Technically no. EA now just calls it "The EA App"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If Mass Effect Legendary Edition actually included ME3's multiplayer I might've considered installing Origin again.

[–] TallonMetroid -2 points 1 year ago

Nope. Star Wars Squadrons (which I got from Epic, BTW) required me to download and install Origin first. I'd be salty as fuck about that if all parties involved hadn't already guaranteed that it was a game that I was never going to pay for anyway.