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A couple hours ago, I said to myself, "Fuck this. Fuck this shit." Why? Well, just before I said that, I have spent 30 minutes trying very unsuccessfully to buy Battlefield 3, and every second of failure was EA's fault.

It started off with me just trying download the installer. On a typical website, finding the place where I can download you software is easy, but were dealing with Origin here. You see, Origin loves to region lock you. This isn't an issue for most people, but most people don't live in a country that speaks a different language, like me. Well no problem, right? They just has to be some way to change the language to English. Wrong, you forgot who were talking about. So now I'm stuck with Japanese. I finally found the damn thing after 10 minutes of mindless link clicking. No matter, the worst is over, yes?

No. Then, I tried to login to it, and it told me I had to reverify my account. Fine, fair enough. Didn't take too long. So then I attempted to log in. It did fine. Then it makes me sync my friend with Facebook, XBL, and PSN. Frankly, I don't give a shit, but whatever. Did that, no friends popped up. Finally it's over, and I kicked to offline mode. Restart. login. Offline. Repeat 2 more times and now you are fucking pissed. So, I decided to reset my password. Fine. I did that, and for some reason, EA didn't want to kick me of immediately after I signed in.

It's over. I can now purchase Battlefield 3 and fell all good insi-




MOTHERFUCKER! Not only is it still in Japanese, but they expect me to spend 6,600 yen? Fuck you. For the uninformed, 6,600 yen is $82.50, and there is no option to buy the regular version. That awesome sale with all the games at 5 bucks? Nonexistent. Fuck this, uninstalled. Fuck you EA, fuck you Origin, fuck you John Riccitiello, and fuck me for thinking you were anything less than retarded.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of region locking. What backwater island "paradise" were you living in if this is your first experience?
Okinawa, Japan.
In a lazy defense to EA, you are looking at the Limited Edition. Perhaps you can try to look harder for the regular version.

That said, I really want Origin to fuck off, but as a matter of fact I also try to welcome healthy competition to Steam. My only alternative to Steam is GamersGate, as D2D won't accept my country's IP for whatever reason.

Though try as they may with the $5 sale, there's no fucking point if they think only US citizens are gonna purchase them. So, yeah... Fuck everything.
No, there absolutely is no option to purchase the regular version. I've spent a good 10 minutes looking. No trace, only Limited Edition.
Eh, I'm just cheesing you, squirrel tits. Here is the thing and something nobody wants to hear. Origin is relatively new, right? Steam is not. Steam had all this time to get the way they arem Origin has not.

You want true competition to steam? How about you address this issue with EA? Internet rage at a service is cheap and easily dismissed. EA, right now, is trying to figure out how to make Origin work and issues like this are a piece to that puzzle. Let them know. Someone in Okinawa trying to buy a US game is not the norm and it's very easy to overlook. Help them to help you. Otherwise, the system will fail and we'll be left without competition again.
I've tried, but their customer support is horrendous. I'm just done with them, plain and simple.
Steam's customer support is horrendous, yet you seem to be a big fan.

1-855-674-4461 works for the US. With region locked websites, I'm sure finding the help center tab will help you. Having an account gives you much more access in regards to a live chat or an email form.

Or give Snail Mail a shot.

Electronic Arts
209 Redwood Shores Pkwy
Redwood City, CA 94065
To humor you, I will.
If everyone who has in the past found themselves frustrated with Steam decided to abandon it, I never would have heard of its existence.
I've actually never had a problem with Steam.

iTunes, on the other hand...
@Mr Andy Dixon
iTunes is the worst. I steal all my music because of their bullshit.

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