EA Origin Deletes Your Inactive Games

by **[PDE]PaulKersey** Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:21 am

Hidden away in the Terms of Service for EA Origin is something that will make no gamer happy.

By agreeing to the ToS for EA Origin, EA's new online shop, the publisher has the right to remove any games that are inactive for 24 months. This means that if you don't play Battlefield 3 for two years and feel like picking it up again, you'll have to re-purchase the game. EA can also remove accounts that are idle for 24 months.

From the Terms of Service:

Entitlements may only be held in Accounts belonging to legal residents of countries where access to and use of Content and Entitlements is permitted. Entitlements may be purchased or acquired only from EA or an authorized retailer. EA reserves the right to refuse your request(s) to acquire Entitlements, and EA reserves the right to limit or block any request to acquire Entitlements for any reason.

We do not guarantee that any Content or Entitlement will be available at all times or at any given time or that we will continue to offer particular Content or Entitlements for any particular length of time. We reserve the right to change and update Content and Entitlements without notice to you. If you have not used your Entitlements or Account for twenty four (24) months or more and your Account has associated Entitlements, your Entitlements will expire and your Account may be cancelled for non-use. Once you have redeemed your Entitlements, that content is not returnable, exchangeable, or refundable for other Entitlements or for cash, or other goods or services.

Hmmm. Seems just as EA was being praised for other efforts, they started going back down an ugly path once again.