July 2021
My friend is struggling with connecting his Steam account to EA desktop without having origin installed, as its much better and lighter than Origin, for playing Battlefield that he's purchased in steam ; any solutions?
another request to the developers: please get rid of Origin soon
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July 2021
July 2021
July 2021
Hey @Arman5659 until such time as EA Desktop leaves beta then for certain games over Steam you will need to use your Origin account to play.
Darko
May 2022
September 2022
For me it does in BF2042 through origin
October 2022 - last edited October 2022
I just had one hell of a run around. Tried to play NFS Heat on Steam. It wanted me to update Origin. While going to download a newer version of Origin I seen it said the EA Desktop was the replacement and Origin was legacy. So I went with EA Desktop. Installing EA Desktop uninstalled Origin. Now going back to launch NFS Heat on Steam it asks me to install Origin.
I try not to mind different launchers as long as they don't do scummy things. (Like how Epic pays off third parties for exclusivity) However my experience trying to get Heat running is one of the examples why I like using Steam over other launchers. That and the better support for other controllers. So I could use my DualSense to play games without having to install and configure something like DS4Win separately.
At this point I would just rather play something else vs going through more hassle to get Origin set again.
October 2022
Looks like EA Desktop App is finally out of beta. So it should be possible to run Steam games. No?
October 2022
January 2023
Cant swap from EA accounts with steam, keeps logging in old one.