Battlefield 3 May Not Reach Steam
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There will be no exclusive maps or anything of the likes. CoD Elite subscribers will just get the DLCs as they're released, and no extra benefits. Basically just the exact same content, but they're paying a monthly fee for that, and a bit extra to use a service which in no way makes the game unfair.SmashLovesTitanQuest said:
I personally look forward to Elite (As backed up by my seemingly biased reply, but meh). If it's not for ya, then go ahead and use PSN/Live/Steam or whatever tickles your fancy. Nobody's stopping you.
OT: I pre-ordered BF3 from my local EB Games.. Seeing as I much prefer Steam or Live over anything EA will have to deliver, I may switch that pre-order to the Xbox 360 version.
I wanted to say something about all the steam haters, but i really couldn't think of anything that wasn't harsh and sarcastic.
That said... if i can't get it on steam, i will get it on cd, if the cd requires me to instal Origin, i wll not be getting the game, this goes for mass effect 3, as much as i love one and two, which i own on steam...
That said... if i can't get it on steam, i will get it on cd, if the cd requires me to instal Origin, i wll not be getting the game, this goes for mass effect 3, as much as i love one and two, which i own on steam...
Dear EA
If i need to download, install and get a profile on origin to play this game online, I wont buy it
That is all
If i need to download, install and get a profile on origin to play this game online, I wont buy it
That is all
"The problem with not letting people sell your games is you're not letting people sell your games."
Which doesn't fiscally make sense when it comes down to it, they're going to make less profit than they would if they just released it on Steam in addition to everything else. If they really want Steam's business, they should focus more on making Origin good.
Personally, I adore Steam and their customer service is very good opposed to other digital distributors I.E. the horrendous Blizzard, And with what EA has done in the past and my personal experiences with their services when I was messing with Burnout Paradise and it's DLCs. I'd Just much rather use Steam or physical media.
Though I think it's somewhat irrelevant to me, as I'm not a huge fan of almost anything that they make.
Which doesn't fiscally make sense when it comes down to it, they're going to make less profit than they would if they just released it on Steam in addition to everything else. If they really want Steam's business, they should focus more on making Origin good.
Personally, I adore Steam and their customer service is very good opposed to other digital distributors I.E. the horrendous Blizzard, And with what EA has done in the past and my personal experiences with their services when I was messing with Burnout Paradise and it's DLCs. I'd Just much rather use Steam or physical media.
Though I think it's somewhat irrelevant to me, as I'm not a huge fan of almost anything that they make.
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steam is more hten just a resource-sucking piece of software, its also a place to get massively good deals and be able to chat while staying in a game if you only have one monitorAndy Chalk said:
There is a slight issue with the fact that Steam does business with pretty much the entire world, while Origin, like EA Store, is happy to ignore the existence of a number of countries, making it impossible to actually use the service.Andy Chalk said:
That said, it's still available off D2D and such, so I don't get why people are getting their panties in a bunch. Especially if that thing from the help info site is true, getting in the way of patches and shit doesn't make me a happy gamer. And to be honest, from what I can see using Steam for certain games, it sucks with download speeds. It constantly breaks contact with the server, loses connection, slows down and just generally takes forever to download/update a game compared to a dedicated application for such things.
I love Steam for the deals, but why people are crying that they can't install their game through a DRM when their game is available DRM-free instead is beyond me. It's not like we're anywhere near the point where BF3 would be on a deal of any sort.
Wow EA... first you came for our squad leaders. Then for the commo-rose. And now, you're snubbing Steam just because you want me to install Origin?
Looks like they're forcing us to install it to play anyways, so why lose sales to take on an established company with absurd amounts of money and fans? I'll still be buying BF3 for my PC, since that's how I played every other game since BF:1942. But Ill get a physical copy and install it on Steam, where everything else is.
Looks like they're forcing us to install it to play anyways, so why lose sales to take on an established company with absurd amounts of money and fans? I'll still be buying BF3 for my PC, since that's how I played every other game since BF:1942. But Ill get a physical copy and install it on Steam, where everything else is.
Uh, this is old news.
When that whole thing about EA removing games from Steam, it also meant Battlefield 3.
You guys even reported that, and I found that out by taking a link you posted.
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You know, there's a reason I believe that the big developers shouldn't also control things like this. It's like EA having their own console. It just ends in a lack of choice for the consumer, and us being forced into shit.
Leave the publishing work for un-biased people. Yes, that includes Valve. Valve just got a free ride for being first and not having many games.
When that whole thing about EA removing games from Steam, it also meant Battlefield 3.
You guys even reported that, and I found that out by taking a link you posted.
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You know, there's a reason I believe that the big developers shouldn't also control things like this. It's like EA having their own console. It just ends in a lack of choice for the consumer, and us being forced into shit.
Leave the publishing work for un-biased people. Yes, that includes Valve. Valve just got a free ride for being first and not having many games.
Yeah,it's obvious that EA would want to whore out Origin as much as possible,so they pretty much would put all their games on Origin and leave Steam. I still think that EA is stupid for even contriving such an idea at the point in which Steam is a gaming juggernaut and pretty much has a monopoly on this kind of system.Onyx Oblivion said:
I highly doubt the game won't make it to Steam. There's not really a better alternative. Both are way too popular to dismiss each other.
Plus, I think most people share the opinion of Valve > EA. So yeah, good luck, EA.
Plus, I think most people share the opinion of Valve > EA. So yeah, good luck, EA.
Ahwell less money for EA I guess, I buy mos of their games on console anyways an the only game of theirs I really wanna play is ME3 and I doubt they'll try and make you run a separate program on your xbox to play it (although I'm not gonna put it past them 
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Good luck outselling MW3 when you've knocked the PC's largest digital distribution service out of your list.
Seriously, considering you've been hyping this game to be the CoD-killer, doing this sort of shit is just gonna make everyone laugh at you when you dive off the high board into a swimming pool that has since been drained of water.
Seriously, considering you've been hyping this game to be the CoD-killer, doing this sort of shit is just gonna make everyone laugh at you when you dive off the high board into a swimming pool that has since been drained of water.
I may get Battlefield 3 for PS3, I'm probably also getting MW3 for my PS3 as well. When it comes to PC games, I HATE physical copies of it. I haven't bought a physical copy of a game for PC since I bought Warcraft 2 Battle Net Edition. I'm not going to buy Battlefield 3 on PC as a hard copy simply because EA is a baby and wants to have it on their own DDS. I don't want to download Origin just to play a single game, if they did it like Blizzard and sold it from their site but didn't make me download another DDS, then that would be fine but as it stands, Steam gives me all the features I need as well as all the games I need, so I'll stick with that.Frostbite3789 said:
That's actually not the point. Yes, juggling multiple DDCs on your computer would be annoying and having one unified system that works pretty well rather than multiple seems like a smarter choice, but that's just part of the argument. Steam's been around for almost a decade, run by an amazing game company and has become a firm bedrock of PC gaming. EA on the other hand have made so many bad moves in the last decade that have pissed off so many people, gamers and non-gamers alike, buying studios and destroying their franchises, really bad marketing decisions and generally coming across as money grabbing douchebags with things like DLC released the same day games are. The worst you could really say about Valve is that they're taking their time with Half Life 2 Episode 3 and grumble about TF2 hats.Andy Chalk said:
Origin just feels like EA's latest attempt to further dominate the industry they already dominate extensively, and a new cash cow for them to beat on, and denying their main competitor access to titles developed by them and studios they've swallowed confirms this. EA is turning this into a case of Steam vs Origin by pulling their titles (and no-one's convinced by their statements) which ultimately comes down to a well established service with a solid and active community from a company who seem to genuinely care about gaming vs a new service that is blatantly a new cash cow from a company that seems to just be interested in getting our money. They realised Valve has the majority share of the digital distribution market and wanted a piece of that pie, which is fair enough - they are a games publisher, but they're coming in late and being massive dicks about it. Especially as Valve praised them as partners on the non-Steam releases of many of their games. Maybe being massive dicks is the best way they can think of to get publicity these days.
Ultimately, if there's an EA game I want (and however badly they can behave, they do release some really good games) and I can't get it on Steam, I'll buy it boxed from a retailer and pray I won't need to install Origin to make it work, or buy it from another digital distributor that they haven't targeted. EA have built up a lot of bad will with gamers for their business practices and dick moves like this just adds fuel to that fire.
Seems strange to me you are so against a physical copy on a computer but also state you will play it on PS3, which of course is a physical copy. I personally could never see myself play a multiplayer shooter on a console. The mouse and keyboard are so much more precise.thedeathscythe said:
I too prefer a digital copy, but I certainly would not turn to a console instead of buying a physical copy. Oh well, to each their own.
Who knows, maybe I will actually give D2D a try. They do have lots of good deals, including BF3 pre order already at 10% off. Plus they often have coupon codes good for every game. They recently had one that was 15% off which could be additional to the 10% off BF3. I was very close to ordering it. As I mentioned before I hate having multiple download services, but at least D2D has good prices. Origin sucks for prices, and it's only EA games.
Amazon will probably have a downloadable version available as they do for games these days sometimes. With no DDS required. It'd just be a shame to get the console version over it not being on Steam.thedeathscythe said:
64 player battles.
You do realize the pre-order bonuses aren't exclusives? They're just earlier access to weapons and perks everyone unlocks eventually.ImprovizoR said:
As for the mod tools DICE already offered a pretty good explanation as to why thats not going to happen.
http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/1350772-so-how-about-modtools.html