EA Wii U games require Origin account for online play

I am unaffected by this :3

@Darkitachi54 Yea its the same way for EA games on PS3 and 360 so I dont know what they are crying about

Yea, they "boast" 12 million users because noone has a frackin choice if they want to play any EA games online. EA forces people to sign up for their ridiculous service.

I'm physically, emotionally, intellectually and mentally beyond puberty by a good many years, so I don't have this incessant compulsion to hate all things EA or consider them "The Worst Company in America".

I also think companies like Union Carbide are a little further up the "evil scale" than anybody who makes video games, but hey, that's just me.

Is it a slight inconvenience? Maybe.

Is it a deal breaker? Not hardly.

It would be awesome if games registered to your account could be played from anywhere similar to Steam. So if I got a multiplat game on the Wii-U I could play it on PC and have cloud saving to pick up on either system.

I wouldn't personally use it because it would still look better on PC and I wouldn't buy it elsewhere, but a cool idea.

I like the idea Sony has with the Sony Smash Bros game where you get a copy for Vita with a PS3 version. That needs to be done more.

Players must agree to allow EA to collect their email address, Mii information, friend list, country, language, and date of birth. People, u have already given up that information to become members here at Gamespot and elsewhere on the web. My only question is what are they doing with this information?

Wow friends code were the worst idea I have ever seen for online gaming and they still plan to use them, wow .

Did you know in order to play Xbox live they need your credit card information.

And they charge it.

Support new platform - good

Release back catalogue titles on drm free retailer gog - good

Back to usual behaviour - bad

C'mon EA - drop the DRM.

No not my Date of Birth, and Mii Information. Oh no not my email address, country.

And please anything but my language.

Not that I was getting a Wii U in the first place, why would Nintendo let this happen? They already have a lot to prove with their online service as is. This will just make it even more unappealing and inconvenient for gamers. Terrible move.

oh well no biggy ill sign up its free so what the heck

I stopped supporting EA after certain things that happened this year.

The Wii U will still be great.

EA games suck anyway.....talk about rinse and repeat....

Well, I don't intend on playing any EA game that I might buy online, so this doesn't really affect me.

It's still ****, though.

Are you guys serious? What about this is news worthy aside from now knowing that Wii U has online infrastructure? I would read more comments but I'm not sure I would be able to stand the absolutely pointless hate of EA, but majority still enjoy being held hostage by MS for every online game on Xbox 360...see the irony there!?! They too have your email, d.o.b, etc...same stuff EA wants...go figure!!!

Jump on the hate wagon but have absolutely no idea why you are even hating, mob mentality still runs rampant and shows no sign of slowing down or people actually thinking for themselves.

One more thing on the list of EA failliure ... but the thing is ... many people still buy their stuff because they are still here ...so people complain but in the end, swallow their pride and all and buy the game with the season pass and all other crap ( I don't know I never bought a EA game)

Bye Nintendo!

Yet another reason I will never own a Wii U, and the list is already very long.

Well that's great.

Origin? I didn't sign up for that. What the heck is EA trying to do here?

I get why they want people to use Origin, because digital distribution is popular. But in this case they're needlessly forcing it onto console gamers who don't want to have to sign into another account just to play the game. So unless they're seriously interested in multiplayer, they're not going to bother to play it online. I know I sure won't.

It's become a detriment to their games. I don't want to buy a PC game with an EA logo on it because I know it'll require Origin.

I don't see any big deal with this. People here just wanna make a big deal out of everything.

Noooooooooooooooooo (Darth Vader Scream)

"Additionally, by signing up for a Origin account for Wii U, players must agree to allow EA to collect their email address, Mii information, friend list, country, language, and date of birth."

Wow, EA's mgmt is nuts! Why would consumers be required to release their private information such as their e-mail address and friend list to be able to play a game?

The whole point of consoles was easy of use. By making consoles more and more like PC gaming, which requires Origin (another failure compared to Steam), EA is taking one key advantage that consoles had - pop in a game and you are ready to go!

After being voted the worst company in America, you'd think EA would work on improving its image in the eyes of gamers. LOL! They have no idea how to build a respected brand, do they? Money grabbing, marketing scamming organization that thinks they are Big Brother now!