EA’s Origin service is now locking out PCs that have had their configurations altered more than five times in a twenty-four hour period.
The functionality, believed to be a DRM safeguard, was first discovered by a user testing out a variety of graphics cards with Battlefield Hardline.
“Too many computers have accessed this account’s version of Battlefield Hardline Digital Deluxe recently. Please try again later,” read the message that greeted the user.
EA confirmed the lock-out policy. “Origin authentication allows players to install a game on up to five different PCs every 24 hours. Players looking to benchmark more than five hardware configurations in one 24 hour period can contact our Customer Support team who can help,” the publisher advised.
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