Origin Sale Takes a Jab at Steam
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You don't have to sound so defensive about a valid opinion. EA certainly is improving Origin a lot faster than Valve is improving Steam. They've still got some catching up to do, but hopefully if they can avoid some of the pitfalls (like letting every scammer publish their game no questions asked) one day it will at least be solid competition...and that competition should push Valve so they don't become any more complacent.Steven Bogos said:
This logic confuses me.CpT_x_Killsteal said:
"Some things are on sale but not EVERYTHING is on sale so therefore EA is scummy"
Wha? Someone help me out here.
Ah, sorry, let me clarify.Steven Bogos said:
Premium contains each DLC pack plus another myriad of bonuses. If people buy each pack separately and then decide to buy premium so they don't miss out on it's bonuses, they're going to have to buy the whole thing again. Then again it might just be me being overly suspicious.
how cute, tell me when you get 4 more thousand games on your storefront EA!
heh maybe EA will take this digital distribution business seriously afterall, first free BF3 (which i havent really enjoyed all that much but meh, free) and a "nintendont" campaign
this would be exciting if i didnt hate EA to the very core of my soul
heh maybe EA will take this digital distribution business seriously afterall, first free BF3 (which i havent really enjoyed all that much but meh, free) and a "nintendont" campaign
this would be exciting if i didnt hate EA to the very core of my soul
No EA, these are by and large not games I want to play. There are a handful of them, and then you loaded the rest of the sale with dreck from your modern "focus group" method of game design.
I'd like some old fun games, maybe Battlefield 214-waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait
and the reason I have games I don't play is because I see things like C'thulu saves the world, pick it up at a price I want to buy the game at, and LOOK IT CAME WITH SOMETHING.
I'd like some old fun games, maybe Battlefield 214-waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait
and the reason I have games I don't play is because I see things like C'thulu saves the world, pick it up at a price I want to buy the game at, and LOOK IT CAME WITH SOMETHING.
I don't think I've started up origin since sometime last year. Also for the record I've played the vast majority of my games I've purchased on steam.
So all Valve has to do is offer all of those games at 75% off on top of the hundreds of other games they'll heavily discount? Plus none of the games on Origin are ones I want to play whereas Steam sales offer discounts on games that at least a few people want if not the majority.
But it is nice that Steam will have some competition that might get them to improve. Although it will be a strange day when I'd rather give money to EA than Valve.
But it is nice that Steam will have some competition that might get them to improve. Although it will be a strange day when I'd rather give money to EA than Valve.
When a company has to insult another to build itself up, that's pretty must the green light for me to ignore them. Not that I wasn't avoiding EA like the plague anyway, but still...
Grabbed Dragon Age 2. I got Origins cheap on Steam a few weeks ago, so once I get around to playing that, I can jump into the sequel. $6 is a pretty good deal for a lengthy game like that.
I wish the Mass Effect DLC would go on sale at some point - that I would buy. Other than that, I don't see anything on sale that hasn't been on sale before. Or if there is, I don't care about it.
I bought DAII for 5,50? 3 weeks ago, this game is shit.Drummodino said:
Origin < Steam
-Still no option to change the language easy,
as for DA:O you have to fiddle with the INI File to set it from german to english in Origin
-Sales Prizes cost still more as Steam, cause EA does not sell complete Editions anymore
-DLC for Bioware Games cant be bought
-In DA:O the DLC still dont work as intendent, essentially DA:O and the Addos are broken
Oh yeah, to all the folks that stand up for EA. DUNGEON KEEPER anyone. Do you have brains like flies. EA fucks as gamers since years, with bad games like the SIMS 3 (DLC etc. and the huge pricetag) or Sim City. Or fuck up beloved IP'sto squeeze idiots from their hard earned money.
Oh the Service to buy shit games, that fuck you up and should never exist is getting better. N1 for a short laugh. "cough cough"
Subjective. You may hate it, I may love it. Won't know until I actually play it. Not really sure why you replied to me about it when I've already bought it but whatever...balberoy said:
In some areas yes, others no. I'd say Steam in general is better, but Origin has it's good points too.
I didn't know that, pretty annoying if true.
Uh... Then what was that Mass Effect 3 N7 edition I bought recently? Yes it didn't have all the DLC for the game but it had a fair amount of content. I thought the price I paid was fair for it and the extra DLCs I purchased.
Yes they can, but you have to buy them from Bioware directly. Again annoying, but not that big a deal.
Haven't played it yet so I can't comment.
EA has done a lot of horrible things, Dungeon Keeper included. But they aren't completely awful, Origin is actually one of their best services right now. They still publish good games so I'll continue to buy those and avoid the not-so-good ones.
EA made some good moves this year, in fact, if their games were playable at launch i could be interested in some of them...
And until i'm sure Origin don't look at my personal data or files, i won't install it.
And until i'm sure Origin don't look at my personal data or files, i won't install it.
It's still the platform of the trashcan company named EA and I won't support it, even if it would be almost as good as Steam.
I think so, too. Except Mirror's Edge... it is quite good, but you can get that on Steam sales as well, so I guess that doesn't count ^^.RatherDull said: