[quote name='The Nephilim']It's not like you have to use Origin to play the games. You just purchase and install through it and launch the exe on it's own. It doesn't have to be running in the background or anything.
Unless you're just bummed it's PC only. but they did have a console sale a week or 2 ago.[/QUOTE]
No, I get that. It's some of the things I've read in the past in Origin's TOS that make me uneasy about using it. Perfectly happy it's on PC, would prefer them both on PC. But I've seen in the past that you are only guaranteed access to items you purchase for one year, and after that, your license can be revoked. And also, if you don't sign-in to Origin for a 2-year period, your account and all items you've purchased may be canceled.
I know signing in once a year or so isn't hard to do...still, both of those things make me tend to avoid Origin for now. This deal might be too good to pass up though.