[rdl]

Doubtful, since most of the EA games I see on origin are either old or are "buy the game cheap, buy lots of expensive expansion packs" model.

Giving SimCity buyers who bought on pre-order or release day a copy of Battlefield or The Sims is probably a great economic choice for Maxis/EA; they're the same people who will likely buy lots of expansions.

The exception is what, Mass Effect (old now)? I guess there's Far Cry 3 and Assassins's Creed III (although AC has expansions and the Season Pass model, too)?

[yohui]

> Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed III

Could EA give away Ubisoft title? I expect they'd have to pay Ubisoft for each redemption if they did.

[rdl]

Oops; I was assuming all the games on Origin were EA-owned-studios. They probably will only allow EA studio games.

The Sims is the obvious one; if they give away Sims base games to everyone who bought SimCity, they'll probably see something like $30/user lifetime purchases.