EA stealing / disabling CD-keys from Steam customers

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EA has started disabling, removing (on certain games) CD-keys and games has got broken and unable to launch.

Steam support guide Steam customers to contact EA.
EA:s "helpful" solution is give you a new CD-key to ORIGIN

If Valve allows this, rest of the big publishers will eventually follow.

edit : In my case Valve offered total refund (DS1&2 2013 bundle) which I rejected because key issues was solved somehow !?
Multiple posts to EA and zero reply from BOTS.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

引用自 retro_Ed：

EA has started disabling, removing (on certain games) CD-keys and games has got broken and unable to launch.

Steam support guide Steam customers to contact EA.
EA:s "helpful" solution is give you a new CD-key to ORIGIN

If Valve allows this, rest of the big publishers will eventually follow.

They did that to accounts that abused the exploit to get free games.

Contact EA support.

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引用自 cSg|mc-Hotsauce：

引用自 retro_Ed：

EA has started disabling, removing (on certain games) CD-keys and games has got broken and unable to launch.

Steam support guide Steam customers to contact EA.
EA:s "helpful" solution is give you a new CD-key to ORIGIN

If Valve allows this, rest of the big publishers will eventually follow.

They did that to accounts that abused the exploit to get free games.

Contact EA support.

:qr:

This is not a same case. In fact I dont know anything exploiting any hack.
I have bought my games to my library with hard earned money.
I have bought Crysis bundle back in 2013. Now cd-key is disabled from first game.
(You can try downloading cd-key if you have this game)

[Ogami]

They are disabled since a douche on Youtube made an exploit video how to get endless Origin keys for games if you own them also on Steam.
So for the moment EA has deactivated the visibility of CD keys for those titles on Steam.
If you contact EA they will give you a free Origin key for the game , after that link your Steam account with your Origin account.
Then the games work again. Its only a few older titles that did not use ORIGIN as secondary DRM like all the new EA games do.

For example Dead Space 1+2, Crysis 1 and a few others. Newer EA games need a ORIGIN connection in any case so they are not affected.

If you already have your Steam account linked to your ORIGIN account from before then even those old games work fine. Crysis runs without problems for me, same for Dead Space 1+2.
Because i linked my ORIGIN account years ago with Steam.

[retro_Ed]

引用自 Ogami：

They are disabled since a douche on Youtube made an exploit video how to get endless Origin keys for games if you own them also on Steam.
So for the moment EA has deactivated the visibility of CD keys for those titles on Steam.
If you contact EA they will give you a free Origin key for the game , after that link your Steam account with your Origin account.
Then the games work again. Its only a few older titles that did not use ORIGIN as secondary DRM like all the new EA games do.

For example Dead Space 1+2, Crysis 1 and a few others. Newer EA games need a ORIGIN connection in any case so they are not affected.

If you already have your Steam account linked to your ORIGIN account from before then even those old games work fine. Crysis runs without problems for me, same for Dead Space 1+2.
Because i linked my ORIGIN account years ago with Steam.

Thank you for this reply.
I am Steam Linux user and I will never open an Origin account.

[Ogami]

引用自 Miss Ann Thrope：

This has also affected Dead Space 2. When launched, the game now asks for a serial key although none was ever provided. I have reported the game on its store page, in the hope that it might get pulled until EA fixes the problem, but it is still being sold. It is essentially now a broken product.

Like i wrote it works fine for all users who linked their ORIGIN account to their STEAM account in the past.
Dead Space 2 starts without problems for me right now and i did not play it in 3 years.
But it was already linked to ORGIN. Thats why i said contact EA, they will give you a free ORIGIN key, activate that on ORIGIN and then link that account to your Steam account.
Then the STEAM version will also start normal again.

Or wait till they fixed that exploit leak but i suspect they will just force a ORIGIN link for all their titles on STEAM since all newer ones already use it.

Dont get me wrong, EA should DEFINITELY be clearer about all this and communicate to their customers when this will be fixed. Just being quiet about it till you contact them is not ok.
At least a warning about it on the store page that you need to link an ORIGIN account.

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引用自 Miss Ann Thrope：

引用自 Ogami：

Like i wrote it works fine for all users who linked their ORIGIN account to their STEAM account in the past.
Dead Space 2 starts without problems for me right now and i did not play it in 3 years.
But it was already linked to ORGIN. Thats why i said contact EA, they will give you a free ORIGIN key, activate that on ORIGIN and then link that account to your Steam account.
Then the STEAM version will also start normal again.

Or wait till they fixed that exploit leak but i suspect they will just force a ORIGIN link for all their titles on STEAM since all newer ones already use it.

Dont get me wrong, EA should DEFINITELY be clearer about all this and communicate to their customers when this will be fixed. Just being quiet about it till you contact them is not ok.
At least a warning about it on the store page that you need to link an ORIGIN account.

Then they need to amend the store page to state that it now requires an Origin account. When people buy a Steam version of a game, they generally expect it to run on Steam without having to sign up with another service just to get it running.

100% agree.
This fiasco is THE reason why I have always avoided third party subscriptions, Origin, Ubisoft etc and picked games that are only linked to Steam.

[Sazzouu]

Can anybody give a proper example on a game where this actually is the case?
On all of my EA games that have that functionality I can still see my product key and they normally run with my Origin and Steam account as they did for years now

[B✪✪tsy]

引用自 Ogami：

引用自 Miss Ann Thrope：

This has also affected Dead Space 2. When launched, the game now asks for a serial key although none was ever provided. I have reported the game on its store page, in the hope that it might get pulled until EA fixes the problem, but it is still being sold. It is essentially now a broken product.

Like i wrote it works fine for all users who linked their ORIGIN account to their STEAM account in the past.
Dead Space 2 starts without problems for me right now and i did not play it in 3 years.
But it was already linked to ORGIN. Thats why i said contact EA, they will give you a free ORIGIN key, activate that on ORIGIN and then link that account to your Steam account.
Then the STEAM version will also start normal again.

Or wait till they fixed that exploit leak but i suspect they will just force a ORIGIN link for all their titles on STEAM since all newer ones already use it.

Dont get me wrong, EA should DEFINITELY be clearer about all this and communicate to their customers when this will be fixed. Just being quiet about it till you contact them is not ok.
At least a warning about it on the store page that you need to link an ORIGIN account.

Unless this is a temporary solution from EA they are breaking the Steam rules and possibly even laws. They can't just slap on a 3rd party account on a game that was sold without it.

[Sazzouu]

引用自 Miss Ann Thrope：

Like I said, Dead Space 2. I bought the game when it ran on Steam without requiring an Origin account. No product key was provided. The game now doesn't launch, and instead asks for that non-existent key. Apparently the only solution is to contact EA and get a copy on Origin. But the game's store page on Steam still does not state that the game requires one to run.

Check the game's forum. There are many threads about this issue.

What you discribe seems to be completely different from the topic actually...
The topic says that there was this "Product Key" feature back in the day for Origin-DRM games and now there is no such feature anymore and you are talking about a game that was non-Origin-DRM but all of a sudden is

[Sazzouu]

I just tested it with Mass Effect 3. That is my only game of EA I never touched since I bought it back in November. Given the storepage and other references this game needs a product key as it requires Origin as DRM but there is nothing shown. And because of that missing feature Mass Effect outright starts Origin to launch the game but it directly gives an error message and dies.

[Insomnia]

I checked crysis and when I ask for my cd key it just gets stuck on requesting key. Bought it years ago.

I never did the exploit at all. So it has nothing to do with that.

[KiRA]

引用自 Ogami：

They are disabled since a douche on Youtube made an exploit video how to get endless Origin keys for games if you own them also on Steam.
So for the moment EA has deactivated the visibility of CD keys for those titles on Steam.
If you contact EA they will give you a free Origin key for the game , after that link your Steam account with your Origin account.
Then the games work again. Its only a few older titles that did not use ORIGIN as secondary DRM like all the new EA games do.

For example Dead Space 1+2, Crysis 1 and a few others. Newer EA games need a ORIGIN connection in any case so they are not affected.

If you already have your Steam account linked to your ORIGIN account from before then even those old games work fine. Crysis runs without problems for me, same for Dead Space 1+2.
Because i linked my ORIGIN account years ago with Steam.

Its common sense to use an system for your own advance. If my ATM gives me 500 instead of the 50 i requested then its their responsibility and problem not mine. Maybe instead of blaming the users who simply used the "given opportunity" how about blaming the braindead EA staff with no common quality control before releasing it to the public. And this isnt some small company its an multi billion company. And when your "legally purchased" key gets rewoked, regardless of platform you do have ground for your money back. The key is the actual value not the data itself.

[Insomnia]

引用自 KiRA (BLZ)：

引用自 Ogami：

They are disabled since a douche on Youtube made an exploit video how to get endless Origin keys for games if you own them also on Steam.
So for the moment EA has deactivated the visibility of CD keys for those titles on Steam.
If you contact EA they will give you a free Origin key for the game , after that link your Steam account with your Origin account.
Then the games work again. Its only a few older titles that did not use ORIGIN as secondary DRM like all the new EA games do.

For example Dead Space 1+2, Crysis 1 and a few others. Newer EA games need a ORIGIN connection in any case so they are not affected.

If you already have your Steam account linked to your ORIGIN account from before then even those old games work fine. Crysis runs without problems for me, same for Dead Space 1+2.
Because i linked my ORIGIN account years ago with Steam.

Its common sense to use an system for your own advance. If my ATM gives me 500 instead of the 50 i requested then its their responsibility and problem not mine. Maybe instead of blaming the users who simply used the "given opportunity" how about blaming the braindead EA staff with no common quality control before releasing it to the public. And this isnt some small company its an multi billion company. And when your "legally purchased" key gets rewoked, regardless of platform you do have ground for your money back. The key is the actual value not the data itself.

This happened at my place in the UK, ATM machine was broken and was giving out double the amount of money you asked for. The people who did this got the money took out of their balance later on. So it ended up being a waste of time. I'm guessing the banks followed the law, It probably depends on what nation you're in though in that situation. (the money wasn't off their statement until later , so the bank did it on purpose)

[Aachen]

引用自 KiRA (BLZ)：

Its common sense to use an system for your own advance. If my ATM gives me 500 instead of the 50 i requested then its their responsibility and problem not mine ....

Rather than “common sense,” that’s terrible advice.

And it’ll absolutely be your problem if you’re caught out doing so.

[KiRA]

引用自 Aachen：

引用自 KiRA (BLZ)：

Its common sense to use an system for your own advance. If my ATM gives me 500 instead of the 50 i requested then its their responsibility and problem not mine ....

Rather than “common sense,” that’s terrible advice.

And it’ll absolutely be your problem if you’re caught out doing so.

Caught doing what. You mean getting the 500 bucks air that is backed only by money circulation and not by actual collateral value? Common sense is funny when you people think Banks play by the book. Since 1832 you are getting robbed.