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ORIGIN - EA's answer to Steam



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#1 Posted 03 June 2011 - 07:00 PM

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Origin is EA's Steam. It's their answer to Valve's popular service. This new digital distribution platform starts today.

For now we know that Origin will focus on PC games, but it could later move to mobile devices and others. It will replace the EA Store for PC games distribution.

There will be 150 titles at launch for PC. Social networking features are also promised, so expect profile pages, friends lists and messaging. And to start out with a bang and make its mark on the digital distribution map, EA will make Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO an Origin exclusive. This will mean that highly anticipated titles are surely going to be on ORIGIN, and we need to use multiple other platforms we don't give a shit about. Nicely played, sirs.

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#2 Posted 03 June 2011 - 07:16 PM

It's exactly the same as the ea downloader at the moment. The thing that annoys me is I think you can only download games a certain amount of times. I would rather stick to steam because I want everything in one place and steam does it really well. They don't seem to have anything new to bring to the table.
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#3 Posted 03 June 2011 - 07:42 PM

God damn it. **** that. I want them all in one place for convenience. I'm sticking with Steam. I hope they don't have a bunch of exclusives for Origin, although they probably will. I guess EA is trying to take back their position as most hated publisher from Activision...
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#4 Posted 03 June 2011 - 08:11 PM

I'm interested to see what comes out of this. And how it effects the digital distribution market.
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#5 Posted 03 June 2011 - 08:40 PM

DAMN YOU EA F*CKERS!!!
If Battlefield 3 is "ORIGIN-only" I will seriously start hurting someone... :whacklook
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#6 Posted 03 June 2011 - 09:01 PM

View PostPietje, on 03 June 2011 - 11:40 PM, said:

DAMN YOU EA F*CKERS!!!
If Battlefield 3 is "ORIGIN-only" I will seriously start hurting someone... :whacklook


I'll just buy retail then, like I did with BC2 (took too long for Steam to get pre-orders going).
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#7 Posted 03 June 2011 - 09:32 PM

I'm sticking with Steam just 'cause I LOVE Valve. XD
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#8 Posted 03 June 2011 - 09:50 PM

View PostBundai, on 03 June 2011 - 11:01 PM, said:

I'll just buy retail then, like I did with BC2 (took too long for Steam to get pre-orders going).


Yeah, but what if you need to activate it on ORIGIN? (like STEAMWORKS)

"Hey i want to play Battlefield 3" *boots ORIGIN*
"Hey i want to play Portal 2" *goes to STEAM*
*Ubisoft turns U-PLAY into another shitty platform*
*Activision: "welp, can't fall behind with this shit"*
*Every game gets a "premium pass" for online play*
*Need to pay money to pay for DLC (already happening)*
*Every shit company gets funded by the government, more insanely bloated budgets for shitty mainstream titles*
The end is nigh etc
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#9 Posted 03 June 2011 - 09:55 PM

Wonder if ea will still be valve's publisher now
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#10 Posted 03 June 2011 - 10:19 PM

Why is this so bad? You just start another program if you play want to play a game. Play it and close it if it bothers you.

It's still less time consuming than looking for CDs and takes away from Steam having a monopoly on digital distribution.


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*Every game gets a "premium pass" for online play*


What is wrong with this? It discourages second hand sales which give the developers who worked on the game no money whatsoever.
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#11 Posted 03 June 2011 - 11:21 PM

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#12 Posted 04 June 2011 - 06:29 AM

If there were smart they would invest in and take control of the development of Steam for consoles.



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#13 Posted 04 June 2011 - 09:15 PM

I doubt Valve would give that far out of hand.
Also what's wrong with starting you're own digital distribution platform.
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#14 Posted 05 June 2011 - 02:45 AM

It's wrong because everyone that's tried that's not valve ends up doing it wrong
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#15 Posted 05 June 2011 - 07:53 AM

View PostCake21, on 05 June 2011 - 04:45 AM, said:

It's wrong because everyone that's tried that's not valve ends up doing it wrong

That's no reason to stop doing it.
Basically you're saying no one should even bother. I like Valve but competition should be a drive for the market.
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