EA’s online retail service Origin will cease selling physical copies of games from April 4, according to a post on the official website.
Only entirely digital downloads will be available for PC and Mac. The full post reads as follows.
Starting April 4th Origin will be going all digital. This means the entire Origin game store will be entirely digital downloads for PC and Mac.
What does this mean for you? If you’re among 99% of our users, absolutely nothing. Your shopping experience hasn’t changed one single bit.
But if you’re that 1% who still desires a physical collection, we want to let you know that Origin won’t be able to fulfill that need beginning April 4th. We’ll still be here when you transition your gaming habits to the wonders of digital downloads.
Digital is fast and convenient. Origin’s focus is to give gamers the best experience, and going all-digital will make that possible.
I don’t know if that line about only 1% of customers wanting physical copies is accurate, but in any case you won’t be able to purchase them from April 4. We’re in a digital world, people.
