Free BF3!

We are foreigners. Only Koreans aren't.

Buy a ps3

"and start randomly banning Origin accounts from people who don't spend enough money" LOL the sad thing is i don't think that is above EA.

That happened to my friend. Tried to play BF3, found out he was banned. Contacted support, they had no reason for him being banned, not a name of someone who filed the complaint or a date that it happened. Despite not having a reason, they wouldn't unban him then. He did eventually get unbanned, but uh, that's not a way to instill confidence into an already reluctant customer base.

+1

they cancelled my ea account because i didnt play their game for a few months

They keep pushing Origin pretty hard, I've seen BF3 on sale many times, support, instead of solving issues they hand out discounts to encourage sales, etc etc

EA is really 'hurting', because they still make quite a lot of cash. Sales isn't a big deal, but coming from EA? Shows me that they're worrying a bit. Origin is just a bad service compared to well.. Steam. To me it seems like they will not stop pushing Origin until it crash and burns or becomes successful. Afterall with the amount of games EA owns it can be successful. Steam is more profitable then google and they have a staff around 300 last time I remember reading that article aka a billion dollar service. I can see why EA wants Origin to be a successful online distribution service.

Can't wait for them to jump aboard the hats.

That would be the best day of my entire life, fixed for you :D

i dont think that will happen, but to tell you the truth i hate EA but i love their games is that insane?? :P

At least they'd get to SEE their families...

I don't see how they're desperate. Multiple companies have done similar promotions. For instance, if you pre-ordered Dragon Age 2 you got a free copy of Mass Effect 2. Also, if you preordered Modern Warfare 3 on Steam you got a free copy of MW1.