I don't really like steam that much personally. As In I don't really use it much. But It would be excellent if EA would go in with steam. It would help minimize all the other terrible shitty Download clients like Origin.
I had a similar issue, and they were very helpful through phone support.martyrdrebel27 said:you know what? i like steam... BUT! i've got an incredibly positive story to share about Origin.
Back in the day, i purchased a few EA games, hardcopies. Including Spore (and all expansions and packs) and the Sims 3. I registered these games back in the day to prove ownership. And some point between moving 3 times, being homeless for a year, and general life disorder, i lost the discs. But i knew that SOMEWHERE out there, my registration existed, proof that I had purchased these games legally.
Then Origin showed up, a Steam-eque digital download service. So i asked myself "If they have my information in their databanks, AND if they have the ability to offer the downloads digitally, what reason is there that I can't be granted digital rights to download a game i legally own?"
as it turns out, there is no reason. EA was happy to provide me with quick support offering digital downloads of ALL my registered products. Not bad for a company that has (i'll admit, rightfully so) been demonized by fans.
And i've read numerous stories of Steam not offering that same level of customer support, sometimes screwing customers over, though I've never had much issues aside from crashing or not loading from Steam)
Ladies and Gentleman, here we see a demonstration of Gabe's Law; in any discussion about Valve or Gabe Newell, the probability of someone complaining about episode 3 rapidly approaches 1.The Virgo said:Hey, Gabe, instead of pissing around with EA, why don't you get to work on Episode Three? Or better yet, why don't you just admit that you aren't making it and stop dragging us along, you bastards! D-:<
Sorry, got a little worked up there ...
To be fair, Origin and Steam are not difficult to run. It's not like they take up half your RAM/CPU power, unless your computer is shit.bahumat42 said:I DONT WANT TWO MASSIVE GAMES PROGRAMS HOGGING MY MEMORY
A Half-Life 2 buyer only installed Steam because it was on the disk.Lacsapix said:A customer will install steam because it is a stable program for game purchases and some free games.
A customer will only install Origin because it was on the battlefield 3 disk.
Because EA were @$$holes over it. "It ain't us! Its STEAM! They're the cause of all this! It wasn't us violating their terms of use! It wasn't us piggybacking on their service to sell the game then taking all the DLC profit and cutting them out!"Andy Chalk said:Steam was unadulterated shit for quite awhile after it came out. But Valve persisted, worked on it and now have a platform that, for people who buy digital, is pretty damn awesome.
Why are so many of you so insistent on not giving EA the same opportunity?
Well EA (in the past) have proven consistantly to be complete dicks, although now that torch has been passed on to Activision it might well be time again to give them a chance.Andy Chalk said:Steam was unadulterated shit for quite awhile after it came out. But Valve persisted, worked on it and now have a platform that, for people who buy digital, is pretty damn awesome.
Why are so many of you so insistent on not giving EA the same opportunity?
Yea, but RSC is just a social and media exchange service and GFWL started as just a social service for all games LIVE when it was included with GTAIV. As GFWL is also a gamestore now it really shouldn't be included with games also sold on Steam or Origin. There is a strong conflict of interest in that.DeadlyYellow said:Doesn't GTAIV on Steam require logins for GFWL and RSC as well?Worr Monger said:All the more reason for Valve to get them back. Unless EA somehow requires you to have Origin if you get a game through Steam... don't know if that would be possible.
Because people hate EA...Andy Chalk said:Steam was unadulterated shit for quite awhile after it came out. But Valve persisted, worked on it and now have a platform that, for people who buy digital, is pretty damn awesome.
Why are so many of you so insistent on not giving EA the same opportunity?
Er ... you do realize that you can exit the programs, right?bahumat42 said:i have a problem with origin because
I DONT WANT TWO MASSIVE GAMES PROGRAMS HOGGING MY MEMORY
just to play bf3?
I believe Valve HAD to remove the games from Steam because EA violated their terms of service with DA2. They sold DLC through the game, rather than Steam, which cuts out Valve entirely.cynicalsaint1 said:This.qwerty19411 said:Most of the hate seems to come from the general "mistrust" of EA or their hatred towards them for buying up series/studios and taking them in a different direction. There are several things that, IMO, people just need to get over. But people will hold a grudge for whatever reason in the end, so it's hard convincing those people to reevaluate their mindset.martyrdrebel27 said:you know what? i like steam... BUT! i've got an incredibly positive story to share about Origin.
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I see people mostly demonizing EA here for no other reason than they're EA and that they apparently have the gall to want to try to compete with Steam. Really both sides have been acting like twats over this.
Also wasn't it Valve that started removing EA's games from Steam? And not the other way around?
There isn't anything wrong with Origin - so far my experiences with it have been mostly positive, only time will tell if it can be a decent competitor to Steam. Let's not forget that Steam really wasn't all that popular when it first came out.