Battlefield 3 Will Require Origin
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So? People raged ALOt when valve did that not sur if i get your point. If people had been ok with valve doing the same sure it would be hypocritical. But the outrage when hl2 came out was massive. now that everyone has steam and its great no one complains of course. But BF3 will be the first origins game for alot of people who had their digital games all in one place before.Frost27 said:
I will only launch it to play bf 3 after thats done it won't bother me. would have preferd the gamersgate model, online store without any client at all. It's not like the client is needed for games to function, just artifical inconvenience for sales.
Yeah, probably not buying Battlefield 3 on PC if this is the case. EA was shitty enough trying to support BF2 and I don't want to be dependent on one of their services to play my games.
I'm not installing a whole new steam so I can use 1 game.
This is the thing that most influenced me not to buy the game.
This is the thing that most influenced me not to buy the game.
If origin means good support for the game and maybe even free dlc update thingys i dont think its a bad trade, i used the program for the alpha and it seemd to work fine for what it did and did not take up much ram so this is no supprise and i dont mind as long as i get to play
I can understand why everyone here's getting up in arms about this, but the way I see it, it's only a bad idea if the program itself is bad. So is it any good? I don't know, I've never used it. As other people have said before, Steam was pretty sub-par when it launched (and, to be perfectly honest, it only really functions at an acceptable level for myself half the time anyway), and that turned into a juggernaut of games distribution. So what about Origin? Is it about the same level as Steam, or basically EA's version of GFWL?
Although, just looking at the wiki page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_%28digital_distribution_platform%29] for Origin, I'm not particularly impressed with this part:
Although, just looking at the wiki page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_%28digital_distribution_platform%29] for Origin, I'm not particularly impressed with this part:
Now, that's three years ago, but if this kind of shit is being pulled on a regular basis even now on Origin, I see no reason to even consider aiding EA in their quest to topple Steam as the leader of DD.
The difference to me as a consumer is simple, I trust Steam & Valve for the most part to do right by me and the gaming community and they have proven this to me time and time again, being Australian steam enables me to play more then 3 games per year without having to justify the cost of admission, thanks in-large to steams sales.
Origin/EA on the other hand have proven nothing to me in-fact it has proven the opposite I dislike them as a publisher and I loath them as a digital distributer, since they have started this venture they have made no valid reason for me to cross over to Origin, they have instead angered me by forcing me to use their client whether I like it or not.
What it all ends up coming down to for me is that I like having all my games in one place, ignorant, selfish and bad for market distribution as a whole call it what you will but it's the old console woe, if I have 230 games on my PS3 and then Microsoft suddenly says "No this is going to be exclusive, that is going to be exclusive and all those games we released a few months ago we're also taking those off of your platform and making them exclusive."
I'm not going to turn around and say "Je jolly wiz, I better go buy a new Xbox just so I can play that game." no I'm going to say "Fine then bugger off I don't want your business."
You could argue that consoles and digital distribution clients are two separate entities but the fact still remains a lot of people (not all) won't buy into or even commit to another platform if they are already heavily invested in another.
again I'm drawing this from my personal view as a consumer, I'm not looking at this from a community stand point or indeed as business stand point either.
Origin/EA on the other hand have proven nothing to me in-fact it has proven the opposite I dislike them as a publisher and I loath them as a digital distributer, since they have started this venture they have made no valid reason for me to cross over to Origin, they have instead angered me by forcing me to use their client whether I like it or not.
What it all ends up coming down to for me is that I like having all my games in one place, ignorant, selfish and bad for market distribution as a whole call it what you will but it's the old console woe, if I have 230 games on my PS3 and then Microsoft suddenly says "No this is going to be exclusive, that is going to be exclusive and all those games we released a few months ago we're also taking those off of your platform and making them exclusive."
I'm not going to turn around and say "Je jolly wiz, I better go buy a new Xbox just so I can play that game." no I'm going to say "Fine then bugger off I don't want your business."
You could argue that consoles and digital distribution clients are two separate entities but the fact still remains a lot of people (not all) won't buy into or even commit to another platform if they are already heavily invested in another.
again I'm drawing this from my personal view as a consumer, I'm not looking at this from a community stand point or indeed as business stand point either.
It's kinda hard not to assume they are trying to trash valve considering the most recent squabbles regarding their recent titles. The way I see it, it's EA's way of marketing which, as we've seen in the past, has always been kinda dumb.EverythingIncredible said:
I honestly would still get it for PC, it's not worth spending all that money on a console game for single player when it's original intention was MP. Origin isn't going to be a huge issue if you only get the one game. People are blowing this way out of proportion.Flailing Escapist said:
And this is why I am happy that I am mainly a console gamer. I don't have to put up with all the shit that the PC gamers have to.Tesral said:
The reason people are throwing a shit fit is because the game requires Origin to be used as a launcher, even if you buy it retail or on a different digital distribution service.OptimusPrime33 said:That image is the best.Alphakirby said:This makes me care even less than when they said no Battlefield 3 on Steam. Now I officially give 0 fucks whatsoever about this game because I am not giving half of my hard drive to EA's service...I already have to deal with Steam in the background for Christ's sake.
OT: Why are people getting upset about this? You don't HAVE to buy the game on Steam, you can just get your lazy asses off the computer chair and go to Game Stop or wherever to get it.
OT: Time to wait for the bargain bin. D:
But how do we know this won't sap RAM and CPU cycles and make the game harder to play because you don't have a fast-enough connection? Plus, people are upset at EA not just because of the Origin thing, but that they've been lying by saying that Steam's TOS are too restrictive. If that was the case, why did they not institute this earlier with another game like Crysis 2 or even BF:BC2?killamanhunter said:
OT: I was considering buying it retail so I wouldn't have to install Origin, just to make things simpler, but if I can't even put it IN Steam or if I want to upload screenshots for my friends, I can't. I don't want another digital distributor just to play ONE game!
I don't know what EA's even coming out with after BF3, so it could be the only game I'll need it for! If I feel like I can be arsed, I might buy it on PC, but I'm leaning towards the PS3 version.
I could've supported Origin. I could've. Unfortunately, EA has made it all but impossible. Blatantly breaking the Steam rules of service (essentially piggy backing Steam to take all the customers, and cash while giving back less), blaming Steam, making them out to be the bad people in all this. NO. BAD EA. Then, all the while doing it to make it so people would switch to Origin? WORSE. Its clear all EA wants is money, and they see Steam, who has been earning them money for a while, as an obstacle. They want it gone. Clear by how they support other download services. They should have been honest. Told people "We want a larger cut. Please excuse this transitional phase as we move to our own service." But no. They kept silent, tried to bad mouth a GOOD company (one who doesn't milk, releases all highest of high quality games) and did it all for money and publicity.
THAT, is a company I cannot support, nor a service which I will give any cash to.
THAT, is a company I cannot support, nor a service which I will give any cash to.
Well it is fanboyism, by definition, when you flat out ignore the things they do that are wrong and bad for the fans. Steam has been around 7 years if I remember correctly? For the first four it was shit as a service. Outstanding deals? During the sales this is true but on a regular day I can go to ten places and find a better base rate price than Valve is going to give me. greenmangaming, amazon, Zaavi, D2D and more usually put them to shame and Valve know it doesn't matter because people won't even check.Hardcore_gamer said:
They're a business and they're going to do everything EA will do to keep making money with the big difference being people are just ignoring the monopolistic, anti-competitive monster that is Steam. Even other devs are forcing steam on their customers.
Waaghpowa said:
I guess your right; I'll give the PC version a shot. I'm still somewhat disappointed that other game's PC version is being dumbed down to be "on level" with consoles. But oh well, it will still probably be a good game. =)park92 said:
The only thing I want to know is if many more games will be Origin only.