Electronic Arts has responded to the hype and promised to restore the Origin in Myanmar.
The digital distribution service Origin has not the best reputation, but lately the site is more or less improved. However, Electronic Arts still managed to get caught in a nasty scandal involving her shop.
On the eve of a resident of Myanmar, known trivial_sublime found that the Origin service has blocked his access honestly purchased goods. In the profile of the victim has about 20 games. According to trivial_sublime, he spent in the EA store for hundreds of dollars, for example, has acquired a complete edition of all parts of the Battlefield along with the seasonal passes.
After a little investigation and correspondence with technical support, the user found that Origin in principle no longer open on the territory of Myanmar. The official reason is that in the U.S. there are trade sanctions against Myanmar, so EA just can’t sell something the people of this country.
Sounds reasonable? It is! In the end, EA is an American company and is obliged to obey the laws of their homeland. If not one “but”. U.S. President Barack Obama (Barack Obama) in mid-September announced that the sanctions against Myanmar are abolished. The decree entered into force 7 Oct. Steam and GOG, for example, earned in a regular mode.
But that’s not all. trivial_sublime argues that in early September, he and his friends in Myanmar, it used Origin. That is, the lock began as a time when she had to disappear.
Most trivial_sublime disturb not even the sanctions themselves, but how EA introduced them. The people of Myanmar can’t get into Origin, and thus cannot start the game in the service, even if they were purchased before the lock. Have trivial_sublime the situation is complicated by the fact that he was not born in Myanmar and came back from another country. Your account he also brought outside of Myanmar. In addition, EA has not offered any compensation for lost game.
For comparison: in Steam on the territory of Crimea also introduced limitations due to the requirements of the U.S. government. But Valve just didn’t give users to buy new games, while the old remained in the library and run.
Electronic Arts has responded to the hype and promised to restore the Origin in Myanmar.
