EA/Origin digital distribution activation system broken for over 24 hours. No major announcement made
In regular EA fashion, when a giant problem occurs they tried to hide it as much as possible. For the last 24hours whenever an Origin customer would purchase a game, they would NOT receive a activation key and also the charge on the credit card will not settle. Instead of posting a giant warning on the front page of Origin, they took the OPTIMAL route and posted a small thread on their forums.
-At the moment, you can still make purchases on all store fronts (store.origin.com, the Origin client,
and in-game stores), however NO confirmation emails will be sent out (including those containing redemption
codes) and certain games will not be available in your My Games list until this issue is resolved.
– Payments made with credit cards will be authorized but not settled.
– Payments made with a direct payment method such as Paypal will be processed as soon as your order is received.
– Once we have fixed the issue, all goods purchased during this time will be delivered.
– Orders for physical good are also on hold during this period.
Hopefully it will be resolved soon, but in the mean time I suggest you do not make any purchases on the Origin or EA system.
