Poll: Origin v Steam with battlelines drawn, where r u?

[JackyG]

Powdered toast man. I could honestly care less. I'll use whichever one works better and if I HAVE to use origin to play battlefield 3 (if I even get it) then so be it. I'm fine having it installed as long as its not as bad as the EA game updater...

I'm fine using both. time will tell.

 

[Talvrae]

im going for steam. ill probably get physical copies of mass effect 3 and battlefield 3 if their not on steam

Battlefield 3 is not going to be on Steam, and even if you get a retail copy, you will still have to use Origin.

I'll use Steam, since I've used it for years and it works great. EA can try to compete, but they'll need to do better than a horribly-optimized copy of Steam. Plus the fact that they're trying to force you to use it just pisses me off.

oh like valve isnt forcing us to use steam too

 

[mrc390]

I don't get it why not just use both?

 

[JackyG]

FUCK EA AND THEIR DRM POLICIES.
No seriously, I don't want THE EA machine to succeed, they want to take down steam, a good, cheap service that allows indie devs to show and sell their games.
So yeah,
Down with the EA sickness

Interesting. I wonder what effect this will have on the indie scene.
It could be a really good thing! make valve push the indie stuff more or get EA to invest in them a little. we'll see.

 

[Lord_Gremlin]

I buy all PC games on Steam, and EA games I always buy on PS3.

As you can see, I'm not bothered.

 

[Mad1Cow]

Origin doesn't really make any effort...Steam is all about making an effort...who's going to win this one, honestly?

 

[Vrach]

Seeing as Origin doesn't do business with Serbia (among other countries), for now at least, I stand with Steam all the way.

 

[Katana314]

I'm hoping Origin does something to get me interested. It WON'T, of course, but I can hope. I've always been pissed that the PC gaming world seems governed by one commercial entity, though the whole point of the platform is meant to be that it's "open".

 

[babinro]

Ask this again in 3 or 5 years and it may be a better poll.

As is, there are far too few games on Origin. The games on Origin are not discounted nearly as much either. I'm in favor of Origin being successful to bring more competition to the market...but as is, Steam is far superior.

 

[Taldeer]

I won't say I want Origin to crash and burn, because I don't. But Steam is obviously the better choice here, from my p.o.w., if only for the awesome indie titles they tend to showcase.

 

[instantbenz]

Ask this again in 3 or 5 years and it may be a better poll.

You're right about that, with Origin only offering EA games there is little comparison now.

I'm curious if people are making the choice between banking on something with potential or sticking strictly to their guns.

Who knows, devs might swap if it's a hit?

 

[Thedayrecker]

Steam, just cause who are you gonna trust? Valve or EA?

Steam has made life as a PC gamer fantastic.

 

[Vykrel]

i dont use either Steam nor Origin, but if i had to choose one that i would prefer to succeed, it would be Steam.

i really dont like what EA is doing with Origin, what with removing their games from Steam and forcing people to use Origin.

i wouldnt imagine Valve would ever do something like that.

 

[TheEggplant]

Only going to Origin for SWTOR

I've just realised I'm going to HAVE to use origin for TOR and ME3...

fuck

Really?

Well, all of my remaining interest in SWTOR just slipped away.

the only time I will be using origin is for when ToR comes out, otherwise i plan to have nothing to do with it.

Just wanted to clear this up for you guys, according to the devs at TOR, Origins is only used if you bought the DD version from Origin, and even if you did you will not have to run Origin while playing, nor do you have to launch the game or patch through it even if you did buy it from there.

So, no Origin in your TOR unless you want it to be.

OT: I have no issue with Origin. It doesn't need to be running to play its games like Steam which pleases me, but if Origin really wants to compete with Steam (with a wide selection) or the Amazon downloading service (where everything is cheaper than everywhere else by a huge margin), Origin needs to find its own schtick other than it isn't annoying to use. Not really a plus in its favor, even if it does keep track of my EA purchases from other sites.

And did they say anything about installing Origin to activate TOR? I had to make an NCSoft account for City of Heroes, a S.O.E. account for Matrix Online and Galaxies, a Battle.net account for WoW, an EA Online account for multiplayer in Bad Company 2 on the 360. The safe money is every title from Battlefield 3 forward will have to interact with Origin in some manner.

 

[Ickorus]

Valve has always treated me well whereas EA has not.

I don't plan on using Origin for the sole reason that I simply don't trust EA, if I want an EA game i'll buy retail instead.

 

[masher]

But... EA servers are shit.
Honestly, they're as reliable as a rock bein' a life-preserver.

 

[Harlief]

This is going to go the same way as the battle of iPod vs. Zune... well except maybe that EA is likely not going to release things on Steam (through which I get all my game-release news). EA is basically shooting themselves in the foot, and their marketing department is full of morons.

 

[scorptatious]

It's going to be tough to topple Steam, so I picked Powdered Toast Man! He'll solve this little dispute by giving everyone powdered toast!

 

[Jaime_Wolf]

Origin is nothing more than a blatant copy of Steam, except it doesn't work as well, does't look as good, and doesn't have as many games. The fact that EA is trying to strongarm everyone by making their games exclusive to it make me sad.

 

[furmaster3000]

Don't think it really matters. It's afterall free software, so in case a game becomes exclusive to one il really won't do much more than boot up a different program.
But so far I do like Steam, and I wonder if Origin will have anything new to add.