EA Origin now offers FULL Refunds !!!

GREAT NEWS !!!

This is like the old days where you could actually try a PC game and if you didn't like it, you could take it back.

Well...damn. That IS awesome news. Dang. Gamesterpheonix

That's...surprising. What's to stop someone from buying a game like Crysis 3, beating the campaign in 5 hours, and then returning in within the 24 hour refund period?

Gotta' read the fine print. It's only for EA games and whichever third-party publishers support it.

Even though this is good news for me WRT BF4. If they don't fix Battlelog I'll drop that shit like the hot mess that it is.

That's...surprising. What's to stop someone from buying a game like Crysis 3, beating the campaign in 5 hours, and then returning in within the 24 hour refund period?

JangoWuzHere

Great, EA can refund the last 10 years of FIFA purchases I made for PC. MeltdownMedia

May I refund my Battlefield 3 and then get a Battlefield 4?:)

This is great but does anyone actually buy games through origin? I never have. They're always cheaper elsewhere.acanofcoke

Same here. The prices on origin are really bad. I can find all games 10-20 to 30 euro cheaper somewhere else.

Interesting

The prices on origin suck so I don't buy them in the first place.

That's...surprising. What's to stop someone from buying a game like Crysis 3, beating the campaign in 5 hours, and then returning in within the 24 hour refund period?

JangoWuzHere

Good on them. Competing properly with emergent features. Well done.

Huh I thought you people hated Origin and EA.

NICE, now I will feel even more secure in giving Titanfall a full chance!

Clever. Some people will now buy games that they otherwise wouldn't. And some of some of them will keep them. But many games that I liked a lot have been rather boring in the first few days of playing, or even frustrating, untill I got the hang of things, so for me 24 hours is not enough to decide. Still... It's clever.

True, this IS quite a brilliant thing Origin has done, I tend to not like origin as much as Steam, but credit needs given where due, and this IS rather brilliant.

GREAT NEWS !!!

This is like the old days where you could actually try a PC game and if you didn't like it, you could take it back.

FelipeInside

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GREAT NEWS !!!

This is like the old days where you could actually try a PC game and if you didn't like it, you could take it back.

xsubtownerx

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GREAT NEWS !!!

This is like the old days where you could actually try a PC game and if you didn't like it, you could take it back.

acanofcoke

That's...surprising. What's to stop someone from buying a game like Crysis 3, beating the campaign in 5 hours, and then returning in within the 24 hour refund period?

JangoWuzHere

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That's...surprising. What's to stop someone from buying a game like Crysis 3, beating the campaign in 5 hours, and then returning in within the 24 hour refund period?

Rattlesnake_8

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That's...surprising. What's to stop someone from buying a game like Crysis 3, beating the campaign in 5 hours, and then returning in within the 24 hour refund period?

KHAndAnime

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="KHAndAnime"] It can't and won't work that way. Unless other stipulations are stated, they will have to stand by their word. Unless they want to get absolutely **** on by the BBB (they don't). If you can't return the game after putting hours into it - they might as well not even offer the refund policy in the first place.KHAndAnime

And this is why we can't have nice things in the world....sigh....

Just wished this was available when Mass Effect 3 was released.

I would have asked for a full refund after a playing for a few hours.

Huh I thought you people hated Origin and EA.

RevanBITW

 We do :)

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Huh I thought you people hated Origin and EA.

_SKatEDiRt_

 We do :)

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"] No, he means your online record. For example if they noticed that you played each game you returned for like 10 hours (and the game was 10 hrs to beat), and that you had the final achievements of finishing the game etc.... and that you did this with the last 8 games then it's pretty obvious you're abusing the system.FelipeInside

And this is why we can't have nice things in the world....sigh....

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"] No, he means your online record. For example if they noticed that you played each game you returned for like 10 hours (and the game was 10 hrs to beat), and that you had the final achievements of finishing the game etc.... and that you did this with the last 8 games then it's pretty obvious you're abusing the system.FelipeInside

And this is why we can't have nice things in the world....sigh....

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[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"] Then they would at least have to state something to that effect in the policy (in the bottom line, extra tiny font). You can still beat a game and have legitimate reasons to want a refund. You'd have be one hell of a corporate nazi to believe otherwise.KHAndAnime

And this is why we can't have nice things in the world....sigh....

Naive that I would expect people to actually care about the hard working developers that bring you these good titles? Yeah, maybe not all gamers are like that. At least I know where YOU stand.

I don't see why a developer doesn't deserve their money if they bring me a good title.  If the game is bad and u want to return it then fine, but abuse the system is just not giving back to the people who create our hobby.

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And this is why we can't have nice things in the world....sigh....

FelipeInside

Since you don't know how to read between the lines: You do know that a single play-through of a game is a small portion of a complete game product, right? What if the multiplayer didn't work, and had no promise of working anytime soon? What if the game was barely playable through-out the campaign? What if the game just flat-out sucked and didn't live up to any of the promises made by the developers or the product labeling?

People like yourself are why we get so many shoddy launch titles (like Sim City 5) - happily paying money for broken games and then defending publishers for rushing the games out. In just about every other market in the world - you're guaranteed satisfaction or your money back. No reason why it shouldn't apply here - especially if it's impossible to duplicate the content. There are plenty of games worth my money, no need to give money to the people who least deserve it.

Yet for some reason, here we are with Felipe, who believes you're an amoral person who pirates all games if you believe that you should be able to play a game long enough to evaluate it before making your decision to return it.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="KHAndAnime"] :roll: Since you don't know how to read between the lines: You do know that a single play-through of a game is a small portion of a complete game product, right? What if the multiplayer didn't work, and had no promise of working anytime soon? What if the game was barely playable through-out the campaign? What if the game just flat-out sucked and didn't live up to any of the promises made by the developers or the product labeling? People like yourself are why we get so many shoddy launch titles - happily paying money for broken games and then defending publishers for rushing the games out. In just about every other market in the world - you're guaranteed satisfaction or your money back. No reason why it shouldn't apply here. There are plenty of games worth my money, no need to give money to the people who least deserve it (even if you think bad developers should be supported if you played the game just long enough to evaluate that it was indeed not worth the money).KHAndAnime

/facepalm.

Did you not read the initial article I posted and how the system works?

Here it is again:

1-  You buy a game, you enjoy the game and are happy with it, so you just keep playing the game.  FINE.

2-  You buy a game, you play it for a few hours and realize it's not ur type of game, or ur PC has problems running it etc, so you return it.  FINE.

3-  You buy each game, finish the game quickly, then return it in every case.  NOT FINE and basically the same as pirating (playing without paying)

Like I said before, to me it would be easier and a lot less paperwork and risk to just release a demo, but who knows why developers don't.