Battlefield 3 May Not Reach Steam
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Quoted for the Truth.Wicky_42 said:
I have Steam and greenmangaming running right now.
I had xfire and wegame running at another point.
I don't want GFWL or some new service running. It's irritating.
Way to shill for EA, mate.Andy Chalk said:
The problem with your reasoning is that if I -have- to have a resource drain on my PC, I only want to deal with one. Preferably one that is well established and created by a company that doesn't suck as much as EA.
"When a download service forbids publishers from contacting players with patches, new levels, items and other services - it disrupts our ability to provide the ongoing support players expect from us. At present, this is the case with only one download service,"
Translation from deceptive-speak: "Steam policies allows too much relative privacy to customers, which makes it too difficult for us to cram as much spam as we'd like down their throats. Not that that's really the issue at the end of the day - we've just found an excuse to exclude our biggest competitor."
Translation from deceptive-speak: "Steam policies allows too much relative privacy to customers, which makes it too difficult for us to cram as much spam as we'd like down their throats. Not that that's really the issue at the end of the day - we've just found an excuse to exclude our biggest competitor."
Hmm, I must say I don't know what to think of this. I mean, I buy all my PC games digitally and I really don't want to be bothered to download another digital distribution service just for ONE game, or pay 10 dollars more for a physical copy. But on the other side I adore the battlefield series. Well, I hope it goes to steam, but if not, I'll probably just buy a different game. However I can see myself caving in soon after the launch.
My thoughts exactly. It looked mildly interesting, but if I can't get it on Steam, then I don't really want to buy it at all. Oh well.imsdal said:
I guess EA is allergic to money. I could give a flying fuck about having to use Origin, but the thing is, Steam - and Valve - have done nothing but right by PC gamers for a long, long time. Steam offers genuinely helpful features - a data cloud for savegames, installation on infinite PCs, an instant-messaging service that is actually good. Meanwhile, what has EA offered before? Horrible DRM on games like Spore, and EA Download Manager. What did those offerings give to consumers? ...the ability to be locked out of the game they owned! OH JOY!!
...point is, Origin doesn't look to offer anything over Steam, only alongside it. Even with a massive library of exclusives, it doesn't make the Origin any less of middleware. Steam is a great program with an insane library of games and a lot of great features that make owning a game on Steam - if you buy digitally, anyway - better than going to another service like Impulse. Valve has their monopoly on this for a reason - because they did it first, and they did it right.
...point is, Origin doesn't look to offer anything over Steam, only alongside it. Even with a massive library of exclusives, it doesn't make the Origin any less of middleware. Steam is a great program with an insane library of games and a lot of great features that make owning a game on Steam - if you buy digitally, anyway - better than going to another service like Impulse. Valve has their monopoly on this for a reason - because they did it first, and they did it right.
Apparently Origin is not a client service like Steam, only a storefront and registration thingo. (Like Games for Windows Live, I guess. There's no outside program, it all operates from within the game itself.) So it's not about that, really. But since it's not, surely if people wanted to buy and own their game from Steam - even if it was for a slight premium over Origin - should have no restriction for doing that? Especially seeing as Battlefield 2 and Bad Company 2 have sold incredibly well over Steam. Y'think EA wouldn't mind that kind of cashflow when their service is hardly a direct competitor to Steam.Andy Chalk said:
I agree, I tend to buy games not on steam in the case of collectors copies or I happen to stumble on it cheaper than online. I guess the thing is the convenience. All your patching is done automatically, not to mention prepurchase discounts as well as the fact that there's no taxes charged online, unless you live in the same state as Valve HQ. Not to mention, being a Canadian, our dollar is now worth more than the US dollar, so I save a little more money on top of the taxes.Skopintsev said:
Amen. Besides, there are other DDS out there so Steam does not have a monopoly. They simply are the best out there atm.Bags159 said:
That explanation is an insult for everyone with an IQ higher than 60.CD-R said:
Do you really think I wouldn't get a hard copy if I could. There are no video game stores in my country. If I order one from somewhere else I'll pay twice as much because of the damn customs. All I'm left with is a digital copy. And with Steam, I can download my game whenever I want without having to pay for it again and again and again. Apparently, you have to pay extra if you want to re-download games you bought on Origin 6 months after you've purchased it.Frostbite3789 said: