Keep EA games in library through EA Access?

[M4cR1II3n]

I'm one of the gamers who owns most of the EA games now coming to Steam on Origin, and as such would of course like to have them here as well. As a lot of people have already asked, there is no way at the moment (and unfortunately probably won't be) to transfer your Origin copy to Steam (which would have been the nice thing to do after keeping all the games "hostage" on Origin all these years).

As I do not feel like rebuying two dozen games I already own and have already played (and do not really want to play again), I'm trying to figure out some other solution to getting these games into my library. And no, just adding them as a "non-steam game" is not enough; it does not track playtime, and the icon for the game disappears as soon as I uninstall the game, while the game title will remain as an "installed" game until I manually remove it.

Then it came to me; all F2P games I have played at some point still remain in my library, even though I technically do not "own" them. With EA Access coming to Steam, I thought maybe it might be possible to get it for one month, download all the games so they get added to my library, and then unsubscribing, thus keeping them in the library (albeit not playable) without needing to buy them all again. Do you think this will be possible, or is more likely the games will get removed from your library as soon as you unsubscribe from EA Access, just a refunded title does?

[Aachen]

Seems that would be a risky idea.

[Ogami]

Nobody will be able to tell you till Origin Access releases on Steam.
They already said it will work differently then the Origin version.
Lets wait and see.

I suspect when you cancel your subscription the games will be removed from your library unless you have them installed.
Then it will show "Purchase" instead of "Play" like it does not with refunded games.

[M4cR1II3n]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Nobody will be able to tell you till Origin Access releases on Steam.
They already said it will work differently then the Origin version.
Lets wait and see.

Do you know how EA Access works right now? For example, my Battlefront 1 Trial still remains in my Origin library.

[Ogami]

Well a trial is a demo and a default free product. So its not unusual that it stays in your library.
Whats with other titles from Origin Access? Do they also stay in your library?

I never got Access because i already owned all the games from it that would be interesting to me.

[Mirea dau limbi]

Well, Steam added EA games (aka. Origin)

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ursache:

Well, Steam added EA games (aka. Origin)

EA added them.

[Sazzouu]

Originally posted by M4cR1II3n:

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I totally see your issue there but no you will not be able to keep them in your library. Of course Steam wont uninstall them as soon as you EA Access Subscription runs out but you wont be able to launch them until you either reactivate your EA Access Subscription or you buy the given games.

Then it came to me; all F2P games I have played at some point still remain in my library, even though I technically do not "own" them. With EA Access coming to Steam, I thought maybe it might be possible to get it for one month, download all the games so they get added to my library, and then unsubscribing, thus keeping them in the library (albeit not playable) without needing to buy them all again. Do you think this will be possible, or is more likely the games will get removed from your library as soon as you unsubscribe from EA Access, just a refunded title does?

Those F2P-titles and the "ownage" of them work a little different...
Infact you will actually activate those games as soon as you hit install. You can check this by picking any given F2P title in your library and hit the "Support" Button on its page. There you will find your "Receipt" and this shows the exact information about your "purchase" which will always list "[Some Game Name] - Complimentary" if it is a F2P-game. So in terms of library presence you infact "own" those F2Ps.

EA Access on the other hand does not add an actual game subscription to your account like Gamekeys, Store-purchases or anything does. You will have access - no pun intended - to a subscription that allows you to download and use data from other selected subscriptions (in this situation the selected games for EA Access). As soon as your subscription runs out you will lose this access - I love this pun tho - and therefore be unable to play the selected games.

So long story short:
No you wont be able to keep EA Access games with some sneaky beeky method... EA is not dumb as well as Valve is not.

[M4cR1II3n]

Originally posted by BeatZ #GrandPrix2.0Please:

Originally posted by M4cR1II3n:

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I totally see your issue there but no you will not be able to keep them in your library. Of course Steam wont uninstall them as soon as you EA Access Subscription runs out but you wont be able to launch them until you either reactivate your EA Access Subscription or you buy the given games.

Then it came to me; all F2P games I have played at some point still remain in my library, even though I technically do not "own" them. With EA Access coming to Steam, I thought maybe it might be possible to get it for one month, download all the games so they get added to my library, and then unsubscribing, thus keeping them in the library (albeit not playable) without needing to buy them all again. Do you think this will be possible, or is more likely the games will get removed from your library as soon as you unsubscribe from EA Access, just a refunded title does?

Those F2P-titles and the "ownage" of them work a little different...
Infact you will actually activate those games as soon as you hit install. You can check this by picking any given F2P title in your library and hit the "Support" Button on its page. There you will find your "Receipt" and this shows the exact information about your "purchase" which will always list "[Some Game Name] - Complimentary" if it is a F2P-game. So in terms of library presence you infact "own" those F2Ps.

EA Access on the other hand does not add an actual game subscription to your account like Gamekeys, Store-purchases or anything does. You will have access - no pun intended - to a subscription that allows you to download and use data from other selected subscriptions (in this situation the selected games for EA Access). As soon as your subscription runs out you will lose this access - I love this pun tho - and therefore be unable to play the selected games.

So long story short:
No you wont be able to keep EA Access games with some sneaky beeky method... EA is not dumb as well as Valve is not.

Yeah, I suppose this will be the most likely scenario. Thinking of similar situations; playing Rainbow 6 Siege during a free weekend did not make the game remain in my library when I check now.

So guess I have no choice but to wait X number of years for the games to go down in price to a point where I can pick each of them up for around 3 bucks each... sigh.

[Sazzouu]

Originally posted by M4cR1II3n:

So guess I have no choice but to wait X number of years for the games to go down in price to a point where I can pick each of them up for around 3 bucks each... sigh.

Having an eye on your collection I would say you are a collector but way more selective than for example I am. So if those games actually interest you in a way like "I want to play them" why not picking them up for their current (and pretty decent) discount or during the upcoming summer sale?

[M4cR1II3n]

Originally posted by BeatZ #GrandPrix2.0Please:

Originally posted by M4cR1II3n:

So guess I have no choice but to wait X number of years for the games to go down in price to a point where I can pick each of them up for around 3 bucks each... sigh.

Having an eye on your collection I would say you are a collector but way more selective than for example I am. So if those games actually interest you in a way like "I want to play them" why not picking them up for their current (and pretty decent) discount or during the upcoming summer sale?

Well, like I mentioned in my first post; I have already played all of them on Origin where I own them; right now it's just a case of "collecting" them for my library. I don't really feel like playing them again (maybe doing a speedrun through some of shorter games for some nostalgia at most), so they are not worth the price at all right now. So with that in mind, I will just wait for a further price drop. Maybe at some point, I will be interested in replaying them again, who knows...

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by M4cR1II3n:

I'm one of the gamers who owns most of the EA games now coming to Steam on Origin, and as such would of course like to have them here as well. As a lot of people have already asked, there is no way at the moment (and unfortunately probably won't be) to transfer your Origin copy to Steam (which would have been the nice thing to do after keeping all the games "hostage" on Origin all these years).

As I do not feel like rebuying two dozen games I already own and have already played (and do not really want to play again), I'm trying to figure out some other solution to getting these games into my library. And no, just adding them as a "non-steam game" is not enough; it does not track playtime, and the icon for the game disappears as soon as I uninstall the game, while the game title will remain as an "installed" game until I manually remove it.

Then it came to me; all F2P games I have played at some point still remain in my library, even though I technically do not "own" them. With EA Access coming to Steam, I thought maybe it might be possible to get it for one month, download all the games so they get added to my library, and then unsubscribing, thus keeping them in the library (albeit not playable) without needing to buy them all again. Do you think this will be possible, or is more likely the games will get removed from your library as soon as you unsubscribe from EA Access, just a refunded title does?

Did you just say the publisher/devs of something were keeping THEIR IP's hostage? I think that may be the dumbest thing I've read in a while.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Add them to library as non steam games.
There is no real difference to having them on steam

[Sazzouu]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Add them to library as non steam games.
There is no real difference to having them on steam

No one ever talked about "real differences". Infact this is the most mindless argument anyone could ever give here. It is about having a COLLECTION. Back in the day when games were mainly bought on physical discs with nice covering boxes did you place them spreadded over every single room in your house or did you try to find a neat spot like a shelf or whatever to showcase them even if it was just for yourself?

Now transfered to DRMs nowadays Origin, Steam, Uplay and what ever their names are are those individual rooms of your virtual house and infact it IS a difference if you have them in one room or dozens of rooms. And even if we stop talking metaphorically here there is a difference in organization on you machine since many DRMs still do not support having different installation directories.

So yeah take that as your "real difference"

[Sazzouu]

Originally posted by M4cR1II3n:

Well, like I mentioned in my first post; I have already played all of them on Origin where I own them; right now it's just a case of "collecting" them for my library. I don't really feel like playing them again (maybe doing a speedrun through some of shorter games for some nostalgia at most), so they are not worth the price at all right now. So with that in mind, I will just wait for a further price drop. Maybe at some point, I will be interested in replaying them again, who knows...

Well then no worries... EA ain't going anywhere soon. Even if your grandkids need to buy these games for you :D

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by BeatZ #GrandPrix2.0Please:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Add them to library as non steam games.
There is no real difference to having them on steam

No one ever talked about "real differences". Infact this is the most brainless argument anyone could ever give here.

I tried to protect someone from buying games twice, and for an inflated price. By giving a solution with no difference. Overlay works, they are in your list.

You call that brainless.

Irony.....