Poll: PC Gamers how do you feel about EA and Origin

[Monsterfurby]

Oooh, Origin. The download platform. I was thinking about Origin. You know, the company. Which EA swallowed. This one: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_14/87-The-Conquest-of-Origin

But really, I don't care. It's just another download (and match-making?) software, I have ten of those things installed on my computer, no idea why I should care about this one more.

 

[DustyDrB]

I don't get why people are so against Origin. Shouldn't you be in favor of competition?

 

[IKWerewolf]

Can't argue with this. I looked at the EA vs Valve at one point and decided that even if steam started today I would still use it as they know how to treat customers right.

I once tried playing C+C4... you can imagine how that went!

The problem with the competition arguement is that EA must do something special and the biggest problem is they are hemmeraging goodwill from the Persistant online connection situation and now removing it from one of the biggest online markets out there.

Steam has not just built goodwill over time, they have a strategy that does not upset the customer. It might sound hard to believe but Steam is the best example of this:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/1923-Innovation

They are giving a platform for Indie community. More importantly it gives support to the indie world this allows Steam a wider market that EA could never touch.

 

[Chaos 938]

Hey guys i am new in origin so i dicided to serch for any forums like this cause i have some questions. I use steam to download some games but one friend of mine told me that origin is faster. Anyway a couple of days ago i bought bfbc2 and now i want to buy vietnam (bfbc2), so i want to ask if origin is like steam. I mean in origin you pay and then download ?? Like steam ? And one more thing, whitch one you prefer ? Origin or Steam ? Plz post a reply fast. Thx a lot !

 

[Continuity]

I have no problem with origin, EA can do whatever the fuck they like with it... so long as its not mandatory and the games are available on steam.

I'm a steam gamer plain and simple, steam is the best service out there, its where my friends are, its where my favourite games are, its where I have a couple of hundred games already. New platform = do not want.

 

[O maestre]

its just stupid, why is gamin the only media that refuses any kind of standardization.... EA's origin is the first step towards a multitude of digital distribution sites, that in the end will be worse for the consumer... whatever happened to making it as easy as possible for the consumer?

if this trend continues every publisher will have their own digital distribution and we are the ones that aare going to have to sort through all that mess, instead of having the convenience of having all games on one site.

 

[Vault101]

well I buy my games retail so BOTH are annoying thing tacked on

eather way I think EA may have bitten off more than it can chew..I mean the only reason gamer would use it is when they are FORCED to...not a good way to win over customers

 

[Chaos 938]

Plz reply to my post guys i rrl want to know if in origin you pay and then download plz reply fast ! Thx a lot !

 

[Zhukov]

I'll use Origin if it's the only way to get a game I really want, but I'd rather have nothing to do with it.

 

[Hagi]

I'll probably use it in the short future.

Planning on playing SWToR, so that probably means Origin.

Will get DA2 digitally when I finish all the DA:O DLC (I'm slow and FO:NV keeps distracting me...) so that also means Origin.

And Bulletstorm is another title I'm looking at and it's a lot cheaper on Origin, so another reason there.

I'll see how it turns out....

 

[yuval152]

Only when they change their EULA and TOS,I don't want EA to scan my PC and look at my personal stuff.

 

[5t3v0]

I don't mind it. I love steam, but getting worked up over it is worthless, its only a form of distribution. Its not like taking a few seconds to close one and open the other is going to kill your system.

 

[Akihiko]

Honestly. I buy retail regardless. Neither Steam or Origin are very good with launch day prices in comparison to retail.

 

[Chaos 938]

What you mean ? Downloading for steam or origin isnt pirate!! pirate would called if you woulodnt pay anythingand just download staff for free !!! this is the oposite !! plz tell me whitch one is better to get a game origin or steam ??

 

[tgcPheonix]

Never have, and never will use Origin, I'm not going to buy battlefield 3 (which I was really looking forward to ) simply because of origin and EAs lovely server finding system

 

[Chaos 938]

Finding whitch system phoenix ? And who is gonna reply to me ??? 3rd post to get one reply lol ^^

 

[Keava]

Same as towards Steam. I do not like it but that's something i have to adapt to in order to play games. Whenever i can i buy retail anyway because it's cheaper in my country. I'd prefer if games wouldn't use any form of 3rd party software to launch, but we're way past that stage sadly.

 

[darksuccubus]

hm.... 20 people chose torrents and not one of them posted anything here xD

 

[Chaos 938]

hey dude plz tell me something in origin you download staff or they deliver them to you ? plz tell me cause i dont have any fu*king idea and i need help !! plz dont ignore this post i need help !!

 

[Worgen]

I would have voted for "I would because of bf3" but with the whole, launching the game from a web browser thing, Im gonna just pass on it