Origin Sale Takes a Jab at Steam

[Auberon]

I might actually pick up Mirror's Edge over there, if the PC controls hold up. Anyone to chime up with first-hand experience?

 

[Ticklefist]

I might actually pick up Mirror's Edge over there, if the PC controls hold up. Anyone to chime up with first-hand experience?

PC version is the only version I've ever played. I had fun with it. Tried it again this week with a gamepad and immediately went back to keyboard because I found it more comfortable.

Here's a link to an even better deal on it, 3 bucks:
http://www.gamestop.com/pc/games/mirrors-edge/71401

OT: Considering my primary goal in gaming for the past year or so has been to either whittle down my Steam backlog or completely abandon it, yeah, I find this funny.

 

[Something Amyss]

So EA's answer to the dire problem of:

"Our consumers are buying so much stuff that they want that they can't possibly play them all.. we have to do something about this"

Is "we're going to sell you games you want instead of impulse buys you'll never play."

I'm not seeing where this is a bad statement.

"I know, we'll sell less stuff and higher prices on a more restrictive DRM platform. That way they won't want as much stuff and won't buy as much"

Well, no. The prices here are comparable to a Steam sale. And what do you mean by "more restrictive?" People on here indicate you can uninstall Origin once you've downloaded the games. How is that more restrictive than the Steam client?

Seriously. What next. McDonald's cashiers saying. Oh I'm sorry we no longer sell Big Macs. Too many people couldn't finish them.

A more apt comparison would be Burger King coming up with a burger "you'll actually want to finish."

This is EA taking the classic PR strategy of making their weakness *sound* like a strength.

Their weakness is games people actually want? Because that's what they're advertising here.

Granted, Steam has this great setup going: people are more likely to impulse buy, especially with a ticking clock on a sale. They're also less likely to actually use these games because they probably wouldn't have bought them if they weren't an impulse buy.

Hell, Steam runs sales on games that aren't even complete or don't function.

Seriously though is it really a problem if I have games I haven't played...

Was anyone actually saying it is?

Of course, it can be, which I will say. There are people on here who ***** about slogging through their backlogue. And why are they doing that? Because your "joy of acquisition" has now become a "chore of justification." But it doesn't have to be. Still, EA is saying "We're going to offer you big titles you'll actually want to play, rather than leave sitting in your library forever."

I honestly do not get the histrionics that have arisen from such a statement. Are people latching on simply because EA is the antichrist? When one has to make up the reasons to attack an entity, one should reevalute one's position. Unless that one owns Fox News, because that one is making mad cash off it.

I mean you over look that a fundamental part of the consumer experience is just the joy of the purchase.

No need to misrepresent me because you're inferring incorrect information.

So yeah EA has found another solution to the scourge of consumer happiness.

I'm not sure how offering "games you'll actually play" has a negative impact on consumer happiness. Because everything else is at your inference.

 

[iniudan]

Origin making fun of Steam sounds like Pepsi making fun of Coke. It's cute and all...but everybody knows what everybody's preferred choice is.

Actually in the part of the world I live in, it's Pepsi. Not that I really care anyway, as I don't drink cola flavor soft drink.

I only come to care in the term that root beer is my second favorite flavor of soft drink, after grape (sadly not served in most place) and place that have deal with Coca-Cola serve freaking Barq, which is the only root beer I dislike.

But if I buy soft drink for home it usually mandarin Jarritos, these day, as it the only cheap soft drink made with cane sugar available at grocery around here. The local sausage maker got Boylan, if I want a wider variety of cane sugar based soft drink, but sadly they are expensive.

 

[whycantijustdeletemyaccount]

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[misg]

I find it interesting that there is a DLC for ME3 that you could only get in the deluxe version and it's still full price, I was kind of interested in picking it up, but now nope.

 

[michael87cn]

Origin will always be very limited because they seem to only sell their own games. How good would Steam be if all they sold were half life, team fortress, left 4 dead and portal?

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

I might actually pick up Mirror's Edge over there, if the PC controls hold up. Anyone to chime up with first-hand experience?

Played it on PC and 360, PC is definitely the way to go. The price mitigates the (relative) shortness of the campaign, and the game was one of the first big examples of PhysX technology and it still looks cool there. Love given to the PC port (may have even been lead platform), and controls excellently. Just make sure the idea of jumping from building to building with blur effects, rolling, and bobbing wont make you sick.

 

[happyninja42]

Eh, I don't have the issue of "buying stuff I don't want just 'cause it's on sale" with Steam. Perhaps I'm just not the kind of person who feels compelled to buy every little thing simply because it's on sale. *shrugs*

I bought a ton of stuff from them when it was on sale sure, some of which I didn't actually have a computer capable of running at the time. But you know what? It was all stuff I wanted to play, and I just got a computer upgrade a month ago. I've been systematically going through the library, and loading them up to play. So, yeah technically my library had a log of games I didn't play, but it was simply a temporary thing, that has now been resolved. And I still got to take advantage of them being on sale.

Patience is a wonderful thing xD

 

[AstaresPanda]

yeeeeaaaah, noooo. I got talked into buying BF3 awhile back and i installed Origin and was instantly WTF IS THIS SHIT. My Chrome starting up so i can search for a server ?! ontop of Origin taking its sweet time downloading, then stopping, then starting. Did not take me long to uninstall. Its just ive had steam since day one, all my games are on it i dnt wanna be forced to install ORIGIN, UPLAY to play ONE game of theirs that i like. Its funny EA has got some big head thinking ALL of EA games are worth much. Even with this 70% off there is nothing i want.

Ill wait till Steam summer sale and get to pick up games from loads of developers/studios etc then just EA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw0&feature=kp

 

[Fdzzaigl]

I came to hate Origin when trying to mod Mass Effect 3. It's incessant syncing and whatever (which you can't turn off) started messing with all my attempts and even my gamefiles, ugh.

It also simply has a lot less than Steam. Every company seems to want some platform like Steam nowadays, forcing you to download their games through it. But they gotta realise that too late to the party means too late to the party.

 

[Sordin]

I think more competition in the market is going to be a good thing for consumers even if you don't like EA as a company giving people a choice to pick between services will always lead to new innovation and better experiences.

This is my thoughts in a nutshell. I'm not a fan of EA but more competition is never a bad thing.

 

[SilverUchiha]

Tempting as there are a couple titles I'd like to try out...
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but I don't really have the extra money right now AND I likely won't have time to play in the coming weeks.

 

[Sanunes]

Origin will always be very limited because they seem to only sell their own games. How good would Steam be if all they sold were half life, team fortress, left 4 dead and portal?

They do have a small library of games from other publishers such as Ubisoft, Warner Interactive, Capcom, and others. They are missing a few publishers, but Steam only had Valve products for a long time as well with adding a few more games at a time.

The problem is they are only adding new games and not including the back catalog for the publishers they are selling for.

 

[Scorpid]

Origin making fun of Steam sounds like Pepsi making fun of Coke. It's cute and all...but everybody knows what everybody's preferred choice is.

But... but I prefer pepsi... I don't prefer origin... I don't think... OH DEAR GOD DO I LOVE ORIGIN!?! DO I THINK EA'S DAY ONE DLC AND HALF BAKED GAMES SHOVED INTO MARKET IS NOT SO BAD!? NOW YOU LISTEN, IT'S JUST A FINANCIAL NECESSITY OF THE CURRENT MARKET! OH FUCK WHAT AM I SAYING!? TELL ME DAMN YOU, YOU HAVE THE WISDOM... am I a fanboy of EA as I am of Pepsi...

 

[unstabLized]

Lol.. I haven't logged onto Origin for at least 2-3 months.. Meanwhile, logging on Steam is the first thing I do when I turn on the computer. Sorry EA, as much as I believe you have been getting better, you have much, much work to do to catch up to Valve/Steam trust wise.

 

[Fox12]

I think more competition in the market is going to be a good thing for consumers even if you don't like EA as a company giving people a choice to pick between services will always lead to new innovation and better experiences.

In principle, I agree, but the real curse of DRM is that it forces you to pick sides. If you already have a Steam account with a massive library, are you likely to gravitate toward another service willingly? probably not. You're already locked in. It's the same reason that so many stores push store credit cards. You're not going to Lowes if you have a Home Depot credit card. You're not going to Origin if you're already an established Steam member, and your friends are on there. Companies are finding interesting new ways to control the market place, and kill competition.

Props to EA for finding a way to make "we have fewer games" sound good. That's some serious spin.

 

[Flammablezeus]

I have Dragon Age Origins and Dead Space 2 on Steam from sales long ago. Still haven't played them.

 

[Sanunes]

I think more competition in the market is going to be a good thing for consumers even if you don't like EA as a company giving people a choice to pick between services will always lead to new innovation and better experiences.

In principle, I agree, but the real curse of DRM is that it forces you to pick sides. If you already have a Steam account with a massive library, are you likely to gravitate toward another service willingly? probably not. You're already locked in. It's the same reason that so many stores push store credit cards. You're not going to Lowes if you have a Home Depot credit card. You're not going to Origin if you're already an established Steam member, and your friends are on there. Companies are finding interesting new ways to control the market place, and kill competition.

Props to EA for finding a way to make "we have fewer games" sound good. That's some serious spin.

I know of at least one friend that is moving to Origin for anything they can because of how Steam handled the Watch Dogs issues. I don't consider it a willing move, but if enough people get frustrated with Steam and start looking it might be a push that is needed to get Valve to start to make changes to fix the problems that are causing people to leave, which will lead to improvement for everyone who uses their products.

Of course not everyone will leave Steam for like you said there are people with vast libraries of games (heck I have over 300 games on Steam) but if enough people grow frustrated and don't care about their library of games it might be the start of something.

 

[Lictor Face]

Psh so much acid in this thread.

If Origin has better deals than Steam, hell yeah Im buying from Origin. Likewise, if Steam has better deals, than I'll buy from Steam. Either way I benefit.

Origin...Steam....meh. Why not both. I have both, and I play on both. Though I tend to lend more towards single player purchases on Origin, while I buy my multiplayer stuff on Steam.