While you can install a 32-bit app on Windows 11, which is 64-bit only, you’ll have to run it through the operating system’s compatibility features. This means you’ll likely encounter issues, especially as games are more complicated than the average app.

This makes zero sense.

A smarter company will do the migration for their users, especially if the new service is their own software.

I own some older EA games on Steam that still launch through Origin to this date (and fail most of the time). They're gonna update those to remove the launcher, right? ...right?

They had me in the first half...

No I don't think I will

I didn't know Origin was still a thing. I'm still sore they bought Origin (Ultima, Wing Commander) and turned it into... a download service.

Don't worry everyone, the EA app is just as horrible as the Origin app always was!

big nope

It's impressive to make your new app so obviously worse than the last. It's even more so when your last app was Origin.

Fuck Origin. Absolute dogshit launcher that does nothing but ruin your day

i bet migrating to the new app is a microtransaction

This article sounds like AI slop. Aren't the vast majority of games 32 bit applications and run just fine on 64 bit OSes? What on earth are they yappin' about? I've had a 64 bit OS since at least 2009. I've never had to use any sort of compatibility mode to launch a 32 bit program.

Further, are there genuinely a significant number of people running 32 bit Windows? I'm sure there are some, but I really wouldn't chalk it up to more than 5%. Certainly not more than 10%.

Too bad, Origin was actually pretty solid, the new app is complete trash (at least the last time I tried it)