Question Silly noob question from new 2080TI card owner

[Topweasel]

Wow that is messed up. I got my 3 games, they took awhile, for my Radeon VII card I got. I wasn't planning on putting the card into my system until I figured out what I was doing for Ryzen 3k. But yeah I had to put it in a machine to activate the offer and get the code. But even then the first install didn't need to be done on a qualifying system just getting the code was required and have since installed two of the games on my bedroom PC. 2 Were Steam codes and the other one was Uplay but all show up as installable from their tools on any of my systems. So what happens when you upgrade the 2080ti to a 4080ti? All of a sudden you can play those games any more? Obviously not a question for you Mark (as you said you weren't even planning on playing with the card). But there seems something terribly wrong with that for the average blokes.

 

[Topweasel]

As I recall origin only direct shows installed games. Not all the games you own. You have to go and click on view library to shows all the games you own, and then you can click to install them.

I don't use Origin but I have to assume this is the answer. I can't believe once the key is tied to an account they care what machine is playing the game.

 

[amenx]

I don't use Origin but I have to assume this is the answer. I can't believe once the key is tied to an account they care what machine is playing the game.

Pretty sure restrictions apply when the card makers negotiate the best deals they can when bundling games with their cards. If the codes can be sold, then thats potential lost sales for the game publishers.

 

[Topweasel]

Pretty sure restrictions apply when the card makers negotiate the best deals they can when bundling games with their cards. If the codes can be sold, then thats potential lost sales for the game publishers.

I get that but once it's on origin/steam/epic/gog tied to and account what you have it installed on shouldn't matter.

 

[Stuka87]

Pretty sure restrictions apply when the card makers negotiate the best deals they can when bundling games with their cards. If the codes can be sold, then thats potential lost sales for the game publishers.

This only applies for claiming the code. This is not the issue. He is saying that he cannot see the game in origin AFTER claiming it, but pretty sure he just needs to look in the right place.

 

[lupi]

I'll check my latest codes tonight and see what happens.

 

[Markfw]

This only applies for claiming the code. This is not the issue. He is saying that he cannot see the game in origin AFTER claiming it, but pretty sure he just needs to look in the right place.

I can see it on the computer that I redeemed it on, I can not see it on other computers.

 

[lupi]

Opened the geforce experience and redeemed. Then clicked the link in the redeem window to continue to the origin store. On log in the game appeared in my origin account which I already had opened. Then opened origin on another computer and installed. Once complete opened the game on that computer and played a couple minutes.

 

[Markfw]

OK, noob response here....If I install and load Origin, not geforce experience, it shows, and its now downloading. This while new way of gaming is killing me.

 

[Markfw]

OK, just snagged 2 2080TI's for $999 each. Now I really need to get rid of my 1080TI cards. The 11G-P4-2281-KR.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I'd be tempted to make you an offer, Mark, but I just bought an RX 570 off of someone here. (*It too just arrived today.)

 

[Markfw]

I'd be tempted to make you an offer, Mark, but I just bought an RX 570 off of someone here. (*It too just arrived today.)

Thats OK, I sold 4 in 24 hours for $575 or more., 7 to go !

 

[lupi]

OK, noob response here....If I install and load Origin, not geforce experience, it shows, and its now downloading. This while new way of gaming is killing me.

Blame the resellers. There were quite a few that would try and flip these offers to lower their overall gpu cost, and as these are often recent releases being bundled it hurts the initial sales volume. So we now have to deal with extra steps to show that it is not an easy process for the flippers.