The plot thickens...and the Valve fanboys keep cheering on the monopoly while remembering EA is always evil of course.
EA Gets Ready to Throw Down With Steam - UPDATED
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Oh, my bad, i hit the part about 3 computers and stopped readingsynobal said:
Now in this case it is a truly fucked up system
Ya I mean downloading a game takes at least 3 or 4 hours for me typically, and I'm not allowed to restart the download later with out using up 3 of my ten installs? It seems to me EA has put the cart in front of the horse. Get your DRM solution fixed and user friendly before you launch a digital distribution service. There was a reason why EADM didn't work it was because it sucked. Rebranding a turd still makes it a turd.Bonelord said:Oh, my bad, i hit the part about 3 computers and stopped readingsynobal said:
Now in this case it is a truly fucked up system
THERE we go! Exactly the thing I was looking for. This can't possibly be considered an unreasonable request. I mean, it's possible that Steam could make the patch addition difficult, but what reads stronger to me is that EA are only committed to providing the best product to customers who deal exclusively with them. Which, of course, means that Steam removing the game from their lineup is perfectly reasonable, as keeping it implies they would otherwise be offering an inferior product through no fault of their own.synobal said:
And Blizzard is wondering why most of South Korea is still sticking with the original Starcraft...Atmos Duality said:
Despite EA's idiotic sales tactics, the only thing that they're concerned about is the bottom line. That's why they launched Origin in the first place- they want a bigger cut of distributor prices than what they were getting for their games on Steam. However, Origin is next to unknown compared to Steam, and limiting hot games to it would hurt sales. And a comparatively smaller cut of the sales is better than no sales at all.
I agree that EA might make an exception to Mass Effect 3's exclusivity, and its odds are better than many people think. EA is running exclusive download disribution rights on The Old Republic as a field test for how effective it can be. This is very risky, as MMO sales and subscription fees literally keep the game alive. EA has dumped more money into this game than any other of its titles, so it might be killing TOR before it even began with this tactic. Perhaps in order to save such an enormous investment they'll be forced to crawl back to Steam for increased ranges of sales. At least they'll still get the subscription fees. And if it fails, Mass Effect 3 will be up on Steam.
Or I could be wrong about this. Perhaps Origin could take off to a flying start thanks to TOR's exclusivity. If it does, you can bet that Steam won't be seeing Mass Effect 3. And, personally, I won't be too bothered by it. I think that many gamers just love complaining about trivial little things like where they get their games from. My library consists of games from Steam, Gamersgate, Direct2Drive and Gog.com. And I'm sure that plenty of others have diverse sources for their PC libraries. For me it won't be a big deal to add one more distributor to where I get my games.
In the end, it comes down to how well TOR will do on Origin.
Oh dear EA, i'm afraid you won't have me as a customer... this is the same issue i had with ME1, i'd installed it too many times on the same machine mind you, it was just that my machine at the time was abit unstable and also i did like replaying it quite abit, my copy is now ruined, i have to run a cracked .exe just to play a game i legally brought.synobal said:
As for Origins, unless they can compete with Steam price wise i more than likely will never go with them, i prefer Steam automatically now just because of what happened with my ME1, i'm not going through that again unless i absolutely have to (as in if Steam doesn't have ME3, the stores and other vendors are very expensive in comparison).
So i take it all EA games are being pulled from Steam now if one of theres has this issue then i'm sure all the others would (unless they sign an individual contract for each game), if they do i think there fools considering Steam is pretty much the biggest.
The problem is it won't fail. If horrible things like GFWL still exist I can't imagine this will die.Sean Strife said:
If Origins winds up costing EA more money than they're making from it: they'll cut it. Keep in mind: EA is a corporation, and corporations are ALL about money, no exceptions.archvile93 said:
Agreed, Steam is the standard now for what any would be online distributor should aiming for and be looking to surpass. I don't see EA being a company that can beat Valve for bargains and customer service.nebrius said:
So a company that a lot of people hate said "Let's compete with a company people love"
"Okay!" says the EA marketing director
-6 days later-
"Well, looks like we fucked up!" exclaims the EA president
"Okay!" says the EA marketing director
-6 days later-
"Well, looks like we fucked up!" exclaims the EA president
