02-01-2012, 04:25 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-01-2012, 04:49 AM by Jonathan Meer.)
I don't think EA is going to find any headway there. I've never heard any real complaints from developers, big and indie, regarding Steam.
Steam is a huge success because of the merits of the service. Origin is trying to artificially manufacture that success (for the sake of profits, let's be clear) by unnecessarily saddling their shit.
I already feel icky when I give EA any money at all. I may pick up a hard copy of SWTOR sometime, but I won't be purchasing things through Origin. The prices aren't right, and they're far too new to establish any level of legitimacy/trust.
When shit goes wrong with Steam, I know Valve will make it right, and Steam's prices are simply unbeatable (as in, how the fuck can they possibly make a profit at THAT price?).
If G+ showed us anything, it's that having a superior product to beat an established market-institution is not enough. You have to be obviously and massively superior. And honestly, I can't imagine a (possible, reasonable) video game digital distribution service that could be obviously and massively superior to Steam. It's just too fucking good.
So yeah. Fuck ME3. I would totally have bought it on Steam, too. Hopefully lots of people won't buy it (due to the initial Origin obstacle), and they'll buckle down and release it on Steam.
Steam is a huge success because of the merits of the service. Origin is trying to artificially manufacture that success (for the sake of profits, let's be clear) by unnecessarily saddling their shit.
I already feel icky when I give EA any money at all. I may pick up a hard copy of SWTOR sometime, but I won't be purchasing things through Origin. The prices aren't right, and they're far too new to establish any level of legitimacy/trust.
When shit goes wrong with Steam, I know Valve will make it right, and Steam's prices are simply unbeatable (as in, how the fuck can they possibly make a profit at THAT price?).
If G+ showed us anything, it's that having a superior product to beat an established market-institution is not enough. You have to be obviously and massively superior. And honestly, I can't imagine a (possible, reasonable) video game digital distribution service that could be obviously and massively superior to Steam. It's just too fucking good.
So yeah. Fuck ME3. I would totally have bought it on Steam, too. Hopefully lots of people won't buy it (due to the initial Origin obstacle), and they'll buckle down and release it on Steam.
![[Image: av50fd.png]](http://i55.tinypic.com/av50fd.png)
Mal Nova Wrote:I do apologize for using the word rape. There are four separate definitions for the word rape, two of which describe vegetation...