GamesRadar - EA has never been shy about picking fights with competitors, no matter how large – witness the ongoing shouting match between Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare – but the head of the company's new download service, Origin, says that's not what's going on between his platform and Valve's Steam.
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I hope Crytek ditches EA for Crysis 3, they did so little to push Crysis 2 because they are focused on their own shooters.
liars
political bs
"unfortunately, if we’re not allowed to manage this experience directly and establish a relationship with you, it disrupts our ability to provide the support you expect and deserve."
Since when has EA ever cared about customer service, one call to there CS department will tell you that. I will never forgive them for screwing up one of my favorite franchises. All you get from EA is BS, there just money hungry...
He does have a point and it's a very common complaint against Steam. What some publishers and in some cases fans have been saying is that Steam is the real bully here. When you buy a game from Steam you can not separate their gaming portal from the e-tailer storefront. They basically shove their business model down throat of the devs and gamer. When the purchase is made it's their way or the highway and you are forever tied to Steam's gaming portal and the services they provide. There is no way to opp out from Steam.
Even then, this would be ok if they're just an e-tailer like Amazon. But they're not, they're a direct competitor in the gaming market and it rub some of the publishers and developers the wrong way. Picture how odd it would be if you have to buy Android apps from iTunes just because that's the largest mobile portal there is. The conflict of interest here is pretty clear.
Having said all that this Steam juggernaut is a monster of EA's, Gearbox, and Activision's own creation for leaving PC gaming to rot while they went off chasing easy console dollars. Good luck trying to win back the digital space you abandoned now. You spend years making this shit sandwich and now it's time to take a bite.