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Question about hard copies and Steam/Origin

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Pastafarian

Hi. I got a gaming pc recently but I havent got an optical drive yet. Now I can find hard copies of recently released games cheaper than on steam, but as I dont have an optican drive will I be able to activate them on steam/origin aswell? Talking about games like Lords of the Fallen, Civ Beyond Earth, Battlefield 4...

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CarlEric

Well, AAA games usually have keys inside the box. Ask the seller if there are keys included (I'm 99.9% sure there are)

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AtomicWoodchuck

In the case of the games which activate on Steam, the box will contain an activation code, which you can type into Steam and begin downloading, so you will never need the disc :)

Presumably this is the same for Origin too.

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karnage10

when i bought kingdoms of amalur, to reddeem it the disc had to be in the drive and you had to run origin from the disk...

10 years ago
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AtomicWoodchuck

That sucks. I considered making some disparaging comment about Origin, but it isn't worth the fallout...

As far as Steam is concerned though, if you have a key, you don't need to use the disc. Ever :)

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wisnoskij

Its how I got Skyrim.

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BoGG

I'm pretty sure that if you had an Origin code you could have contacted Origin support (chat) and get this fixed quickly without the trouble of having the disc in your drive. They're nice like that.

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Pastafarian

Ok so i better ask the seller just to be sure. Thanks :)

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Closed 10 years ago by Pastafarian.