What happened? EA not being EA? Yup, seems I'll start using Origin for the exclusive games then. I've been wanting to play Syndicate ever since a friend showed it to me.
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Origin $20 off coupon [Expired - EA states they're honoring games]
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zerokoolpsx
Member
Very cool of you EA. Their plan worked flawlessly.
Some of those responses lol. People will complain about anything.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I am uninstalling Steam as we speak. You've won EA. You've won...
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SRTtoZ
Member
Dammit! Wish I saw this before I downloaded ALL 10 games today. I would have just kept them undownloaded in 'my games' list. Well, I'm still happy they arent taking them away! WOoohoo!
They should have another plan. I'm still not buying anything on their store, because it's EA.
The Grim Heaper
Member
Yeah, I'm about to go ebay my Steam account.
Now I feel even worse that I missed it.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Doubled my game count so I can't complain. Around 300 USD in games.
Cloudius12
Member
WOW....EA has earn my respect.
For games you don't actually want to play.
nhlducks35
Member
That's terrific. I'm loving the bitter responses in that EA thread from people that missed out on the exploit. I hope they provide us with more pages of entertainment.
I have an alt account with 8 games that I'm going to trade for a game on Steam or maybe some refined metal in TF2 I think.
I have an alt account with 8 games that I'm going to trade for a game on Steam or maybe some refined metal in TF2 I think.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
thanks EA
I feel like I've wasted a great opportunity, "only" got $234.87 worth of games. If only I had stay at home both Friday night and Saturday...
VGChampion
Member
I wonder how many loved ones EA had to kill to get people to hate them. Just earlier on in this generation they were loved.
Confidence Man
Member
Haha, honesty is for suckers.
Man, Origin just keeps on giving. Free games, ea.com forum drama, I'm ready for more.
Edit:
Hah, and thank you!
Ironically I saw the survey e-mail in my inbox, far too late at that point to even use it, but I did it out of some sense of duty to the free games.
Edit:
I hope everyone enjoys their free games
EA just wants to see you smile.
Hah, and thank you!
Ironically I saw the survey e-mail in my inbox, far too late at that point to even use it, but I did it out of some sense of duty to the free games.
Just one, her name was Faith.
THE GREATEST NEWS!
Edit: And I bet many of those compainers just wanted more free games. YA SNOOZE YA LOOSE!
Metal Gear?!
Member
The Verge has covered this now:
http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012...ally-gives-games-away-for-free-in-key-blunder
All of the other games just install like you got them from old Direct2Drive or GOG, so you can switch between multiple accounts with no problem.
http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012...ally-gives-games-away-for-free-in-key-blunder
Yeah the only games that require Origin to run, Steam-style, are BF3 and ME3.
All of the other games just install like you got them from old Direct2Drive or GOG, so you can switch between multiple accounts with no problem.
TheFightingFish
Member
Hey it worked on me. I've totally been avoiding Origin. But this was enough of a deal to let me download and install Origin. Now the next time that a cheap BF3 or ME3 deal comes along I'll pick it up probably. So for a few games that I would not have bought from them anyways they now have me as a possible customer, not too shabby.
Was GAF the only place that knew about the exploit to get more than two games?
Cloudius12
Member
doubt it.
it was posted in Slickdeals
Slickdeals was the first place that knew about this according to me. Kotaku and Polygon got it wrong.
Slickdeals knew about it on Friday at 7:49 PM PDT. This thread was posted 1 hour later. That Reddit thread was posted YESTERDAY
zerokoolpsx
Member
Sales of $0 ya know.It says they honor the sales made with the code, what sales ?anyway <3 EA
Reddit knew for sure, and 4chan probably knew.
Edit: after the fact, I mean, after the slickdeals post. It seems like the big gaming communities caught wind of it pretty quick.
I was talking about this exploit that let you basically loot as much as you wanted on one account. A few other places I checked didn't seem to know about it.
Ah, ok then.
Ah, ok then.
Everyone knew the exploits
I posted that on 4chan six hours or so before that person did.
Also, I just noticed on of my friends on Steam bought SimCity 4 today. I feel so bad for not telling him.
Man, pretty much everything in that article is incorrect.
That's a low blow. I want my Mirror's Edge 2
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
LOL!! Some folks are pissed that the coupon expired early, and that EA should be sued for screwing up "legit survey" users! :lol
I did the survey, and when I saw the $20 off for games $19.99 and above, essentially being a free game, I said "cool" and closed it, not caring for it. I didn't know if the code was unique or not but by the time I tested it's uniqueness, I saw this thread created later on and realized it isn't unique.
Legit or not, EA is being awesome for honoring all the purchases. You snooze, you lose.
My only regret? Not picking up Shank and Shank 2. Damn server was too slow by then to pick it.
To top this they'll have to give me money and free games next sale or I wont be satisfied!!
jediyoshi
Member
Wasn't much different than the initial exploit, the fact that it had changed 3ish times before it ultimately went down is the more confusing part