Wonder how many of those are actually active.

I don't have problems downloading from oirgin. I'm used to it. And I got fios. I downloaded end game in 30 min on release.

I like the battle log and I'm not kissing ea's ass but its very detailed and I'm already used to it. I can alt tab bf3 easier and shut it. Steam is the kiss of death for some games.

There's a big difference......50 million users that use the service constantly and 40 million users that only got an account in the first place was to play a battlefield/sims etc and that never use the service.

People still on that bandwagon of hate?

I prefer to have all my games on the one service(Steam) too but Origin isn't that bad.

Plus their download speeds absolutely cream Steam's

Obviously 40 million is pretty impressive but consider this Origin also sells retail PS3/360 and as you would expect you to have an account to buy them. I know this because I bought Kingdoms of Amalur this way during a sale. It's because of little tidbits like these, I would argue on the whole Origin members do not actively use Origin nearly to the extent Steam users use Steam. I would also argue it inflates the number of registered members of Origin.

But I thought PC gaming is dead

It's because people still don't understand the concept of not spending money when they don't like the company or their products.

I am proud to say -

-> I've never played Battlefield 3
-> I've never played the new Sim City
-> I've never played Dead Space 3
-> I've never played Mass Effect 3

...and I'm happy with that. I can sleep at night, knowing that I don't spend money on a company I don't like or on products that are sold on a platform (Origin) - that I don't like (or on a product I don't like).

Stop buying EA Games just because they're awesome - even though you hate EA or Origin. That's how you just fuel the fire.

That's 40 million too many. I won't bow down to EA and their practices. I was a huge fan of Battlefield prior to BF3. I never bought BF3 because of how they forced Origin in your face.

If i find a game on Origin cheaper than steam i will buy it on Origin and the other way around i dont care who makes the service if the game is cheap i will buy it

I registered for Origin. I don't, however, actually use it much.

^ same, i registered and have never even logged in after that i think

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau