User blog:Dragonfly18/Origin required to play Battlefield 3

Apparently, the community manager of DICE Daniel Matros confirmed on Twitter that all who purchase Battlefield 3 will require an Origin account in order to play the game. This also affects consoles as he also stated that players would need an EA account in order to play the game.

http://www.geek.com/articles/games/battlefield-3-pc-requires-eas-origin-service-console-versions-require-ea-accounts-20110813/