(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Battlefield 3, EA’s prize pig, has been having a rough time lately. Things kicked off with controversy over the quality of the console version, but when EA decided to throw Origin into the mix, things got a whole lot worse. Now it has been confirmed that you will need to use Origin, even if you buy a physical copy of Battlefield 3 on the PC. Gamers never really liked the idea of Origin: an unworthy usurper to the rightly-crowned “King of PC Gaming” Steam. EA wasn’t too bothered by it’s lukewarm reception and proceeded to remove it’s game from the beloved online platform, forcing PC gamers to use Origin if they wanted to download games like Crysis, and of course, Battlefield 3.

This is a good enough reason not to buy Battlefield 3 on PC – even if you can afford a rig worth four figures – but now it has been confirmed that PC players of Battlefield 3 will still have to use Origin even if they have bought a physical copy of Battlefield 3. In response to the the question “What about the rumors spreading on the forums that we need origin to play BF3 if we have the DVD?” Daniel Mattos, Community Manager for DICE, said: “Yes those “rumors” are true” on Twitter, earlier this week.

This comes as no great surprise to anyone; afterall, one of the reasons Battlefield 3 won’t be sold on Steam (apart from the fact that EA doesn’t want to pay a slice of their profits to Valve) concern rules requiring DLC and patches to be delivered via Steam. Naturally, therefore, we would have expected Origin to be mandatory for any player, not just those who bought a digital copy.

The main concern surrounding player being forced to use Origin is an increased strain on the PC from running an extra programme in the background. During the Alpha trial, users reported the Origin drained CPU power, which of course affects how smoothly the game itself runs, and it is a known issue that these cilents (including Steam) use up around 50MB of RAM, which also slows down a PC.

So, is Origin enough of a deal breaker to keep players for buying the PC version – which, if you can run it, will be superior – or will Battlefield fans just grin and bear it? Those who don’t give a damn about how the game looks will most likely pick the game up on the console, given that Steam is now out of the question entirely, and even graphics whores can be content with the PS3 version, which still looks pretty good. Which category do you fall into? Leave a comment below.

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Well i was going to most likely buy on PC before the whole origin crap started. Oh also nobody actually likes steam but I would take it anyday over the other distributers. I guess ill be purchasing for PS3 and maybe PC
later down the road. Nice post thanks.

Nobody likes Steam? Given that Valve are at the helm and they of all devs/publishers actually care about their fans, I'd beg to differ.

hey half ass im just posting news im not making nobody famous here or promoting or nothing like that u idiot i don even like them

lol great lol

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True, its a great service but with far too many strings attached. Like it has to Prepare to load games which can take a long time on a bad day, sometimes it just refuses to open and all your steam games become worthless. I'm not saying its bad, just theres far too many errors for it to really be "beloved".

Now just because you cant buy it online over steam, and through origin doesn't mean in the slightest that I shouldn't buy battlefield 3 for the PC. I can buy it in stores.