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It's entirely possible that Amazon have just run out of keys for the digital version...

I thought it might be an automatic block based on 1-star reviews, but both products have the same 88% 1-star reviews right now.

Digital: 765/866 = 88.3%

DVD: 912/1038 = 87.9%

If there's an automatic block, it's more likely to be related to refund requests.

Is there a way to filter Amazon reviews by Verified Purchase? I'd love to see these stats with only people that we know have bought the game.

I'm just curious of a way to eliminate all the people who made up their mind before the game even came out.

By the time you receive a boxed copy the servers may be fixed.

From what I've read, EA is directly refunding customers of physical disks -- I guess they're forced by some law or another. No such luck for digital downloads: EA is refusing all refunds for them. Amazon dipped into their pockets for a while, returning money to disgruntled customers and taking a hit for EA, but clearly it was getting too much.