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

[Garchomp445]

I have had very bad experiences with steam in the past. It prevented me from playing Portal 2 for almost an hour, and requires me to use the administrator account for the same game (it is unused for security). Steam is slow (yes I know about servers, I'm making a point),and updates a lot. But, I will never use origin. Because I trust VALVe, I love their games, they have awesome employees, Steam is still reliable, and the only games I ever truly liked of EA's were Spore and the various Battlefields (I hope origin is demolished by steam before Battlefield 3 is released, I'm really looking forward to it...).

 

[Bravo 21]

I could not care less, digital distribution is all about convenience, and while i do like steam, in the end, i will use origin if it has a game that I want.

 

[Tropical Bob]

>>>c) Origin still sucks but will survive anyway by pulling exclusive bullshit

3)No matter how this turns out, it's a good things that EA is doing origin

I fail to see how exclusivity bullshit is at all beneficial for gamers.

 

[Sejs Cube]

I'm with whichever side brings me a better service. Camp loyalty is kinda dumb.


Also I'm with whatever side can be bothered to spell out "are" and "you".

 

[Meatspinner]

Both. Don't see why I have to wave some stupid fanboy banner just because there is another product out there

 

[Gindil]

My money goes to whichever asks for the least amount of money, simple as.

I hate to say it, but Steam is not always the one having the cheapest price. Link [http://shockedfish.com/]

The fact is, people will find more convenience through steam than most other places.

 

[Kaymish]

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ah yes i didnt think of the issues you have raised thank you for taking the time
i agree with your points
with the background applications i think this is where services like D2D and the like where there is no background fluff will find their niche filling in the gaps where the platforms are having their fights looks like i was wrong in thinking it didn't really matter ive got both origin and steam but no games for origin yet so i don't run it

on a side note i have trouble seeing the publishers as consistent first they are bitching that sales are down to piracy and stuff then they go and alienate a huge swath of customers who don't want to shift to their platform or are not excited enough about the game to put up with the annoyance.

 

[SlayerN]

Steam, if anyone though that was still a mystery.

I LOVED ME1 and ME2, if EA wants to pull some bullsh*t by having a game that should NOT require additional updates except COSMETIC!!! DLC and has NO online...anything since the Cerberus Network was axed not be available everywhere. Why the hell do we have to register on origin even with a retail copy?

I'll end by saying this Origin crap does not interest me at all. I have used Origin in the past and hated it, not only for the service itself but also the feeling that I was a lowly cog in a new evil EA scheme.

Bioware, I love everything you do and rest assured I'll give you the money you deserve for your work even if that means finding a way to donate directly to the people in your studio, but EA isn't getting a cent of it though as long as ME3 it is an Origin showboat.

(I get angrier as the night goes on sorry if I seemed overly excited, I am pissed of though)

 

[DementedSheep]

Whoever offers the best service and lowest prices I guess. Tho I don't trust EA.

 

[thiosk]

I do not even use impulse much anymore, so origin can count me out from installing another god damned client for me to forget the password to.

I don't care about MMOs much, don't play battlefield, so its really only new bioware titles that may affect me in the future.

Also, how can they call it origin, when they originated, approximately, nothing?

 

[SmilingWorlock]

I like steam. I got my games on steam. I got my friends on steam. They know where I live. They have my credit card information. I don't want to share that again with another plattform. It's just, inconvenient.

 

[kebab4you]

>>>c) Origin still sucks but will survive anyway by pulling exclusive bullshit

3)No matter how this turns out, it's a good things that EA is doing origin

I fail to see how exclusivity bullshit is at all beneficial for gamers.

It isn't but competition is, but I doubt EA got what it takes to scare the steam team.

 

[-Dragmire-]

If both platforms carry only games that are exclusive to them(not counting the other digital distributors in this), how can they possibly compete?

If only one carries a particular title, buying it does nothing to affect the other.

 

[Robin Huo]

Long live Steam!

 

[teh_gunslinger]

I'll be over here, shopping at GamersGate and gog.com. I don't like getting ripped off and Steams pricing is ripping me off. A new release on Steam costs more than a retail copy. So I only use Steam in sales. That, and I bloody hate their customer service.

I haven't used Origin yet, but their pricing seems as bad as Steams so I imagine I won't be using it much.

 

[2fish]

Steam already has my personal info so I feel there is only one way to vote. I must support steam out of fear. Oh and the fact that it works for me. I also use impulse but steam has bigger sales.

steam is my god and nice...please sir can I have a sale now?

 

[Daveman]

tbh, I don't want to give out my details any more than I have to and I already have Steam. Plus it's a hassle. I can have Facebook and Steam running. If I change to Google+ and Origin I'm just going to have to keep the others as well because I'm still connected to them. So I don't want them.

 

[RagTagBand]

My money goes to whichever asks for the least amount of money, simple as.

I hate to say it, but Steam is not always the one having the cheapest price. Link [http://shockedfish.com/]

The fact is, people will find more convenience through steam than most other places.

Not sure why you quoted me then, I didn't say Steam has always got the cheapest price. In fact, my entire point is that people care more about the price than the place they download it from.

 

[Loud Hawk]

Origin has the BF3 Alpha, so that is where I am atm...

 

[jackdaniel0001]

>>>c) Origin still sucks but will survive anyway by pulling exclusive bullshit

3)No matter how this turns out, it's a good things that EA is doing origin

I fail to see how exclusivity bullshit is at all beneficial for gamers.

It's good in that as long as Origin even remotely threaten STEAM (Perceived or real), STEAM has to look over its shoulder, which translate to more sales, better service or what not. And really the worst case scenario is that you can't buy EA games on STEAM, which honestly is nothing more than a minor annoyance, if at all. So that's why I it's good for us that EA tries this.

If EA fails, they are big enough of a company to absorb it, I doubt will feel bad for them.