Was EA's Move to withdraw Games from Steam III Advised

Why EA? Why? Just when gamers were starting to like you, then you pull this.

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It is with this philosophy that I find myself shocked at EA’s reckless decision to remove their highest profile titles including Crysis 2 and Battlefield 3 from Steam and only Steam. Clearly, I am not privy to the intricate relationships between publishers and Steam. It must be extremely complex when dealing with the leading distribution platform when a competing publisher owns that vehicle. Additionally, EA must have made the determination that building and promoting their own platform costs less than the amount they have to cut Valve in on when selling a Steam copy. This might make sense on the bottom line, but as a consumer and Steam user, the business reasons get in the way of my desire to digitally purchase EA titles. EA seems to have forgone the intrinsic value of the purchase, opting simply to use quantifiable metrics.

http://www.ztgd.com/articles/9870/was-ea%E2%80%99s-move-to-withdraw-games-from-steam-ill-advised/

I hate their business models/practices but love their games. FIFA 11, Dead Space 1 & 2, Dragon Age II and the Mass Effect series.

I'd be lost without FIFA, specifically.

They are taking Mass Effect too?

TheJubJub5721 wrote:

They are taking Mass Effect too?

no, it's still there(for now)

They're moving to their new online service, called Origin. It will be the only way to play The Old Republic.

They are pretty much saying "hey, our service is inferior to steam, so we are gonna make you use it if you want to play these games!" instead of actually trying to compete.

TheJubJub5721 wrote:

They are pretty much saying "hey, our service is inferior to steam, so we are gonna make you use it if you want to play these games!" instead of actually trying to compete.

Sounds like something microsoft should do with games for windows.

Just wait, the good thing about PC gamers is that they don't take shit and actually boycott services. When Origins sales are shit compared to Steams, I think EA will reconsider their current position.

BioRevenant wrote:

Just wait, the good thing about PC gamers is that they don't take shit and actually boycott services. When Origins sales are shit compared to Steams, I think EA will reconsider their current position.

This.

But it doesn't really effect me, I planned on buying the hard copy of BF3.