PharaohsVizier

After getting people hyped up for the Battlefield 3 release for ages, EA screws up again. Having cut off the use of Steam, EA released PC versions of Battlefield 3 exclusively on EA's digital distribution platform called Origin. I don't know why they would do that given that Steam has a solid platform and a very loyal set of fans, perhaps EA wanted a piece of the pie. You'd think after making such a big gamble, possibly alienating users from buying Battlefield 3 at all, that they'd at least put the effort to make Origin as flawless as possible.

I'll admit Origin has come a long way from the EA Download Manager I used to use. It is a lot nicer aesthetically and seems to have new functions left and right. It's no Steam-killer, but I thought that it did a good job as a substitute if they got people on it. Here's where it all falls apart though. It can't activate a game...

EA's activation server has been down for more than 3 hours now, people who've preordered and bought Battlefield 3 are stuck waiting at an endless grey circle. Some people got by early, some people got lucky, but a MASSIVE amount of users (including me) are stuck without a game... Will I be switching to Origin any time soon? Not before this mess, and definitely not now...