Origin a huge success, says Electronic Arts
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Kaltern




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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:07    Post subject: Origin a huge success, says Electronic Arts
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EA senior VP of global e-commerce David DeMartini described the service's first year as "foundational" and promised to add new social and gameplay-enhancing features in the future.


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DeMartini went on to say that he would like to host third-party games from the likes of Activision and Take-Two Interactive providing the publishers were "open-minded".

"If Activision was open-minded, we're absolutely willing to take on their great titles. Diablo 3 is a great game. Call of Duty will be very popular. Take-Two... I mean there are a couple of large publishers out there that are not on Origin," he added.


Pffchh

Source: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a387724/origin-a-huge-success-says-electronic-arts.html
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Ankh




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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:15    Post subject:
I've got quite a few EA titles that are too old to enter on Origin. Anoying as hell.


shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:21    Post subject:
Origin sucks but its good news for pc gaming
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Aeon




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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:22    Post subject:
Guess I'm the easy customer, because I don't hate Origin, but I also don't do anything with it.
It just starts when I play BF3 and that's it.


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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:23    Post subject:
Reskinned Steam... I dislike both...
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Pixieking




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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:26    Post subject:
"GS: Another major event for the year was issues around Crysis 2 on Steam. First it was there, then it wasn't, and now it's there again. Can you talk about your relationship with competitors like Steam and your rules for selling your games through their channels now that you have Origin?

DD: Clearly, there were changes made by Crytek to Crysis 2--the Crysis 2: Maximum Edition--that brought the game back into compliance with Steam. So I think consistently, if you look at everything we've said, we haven't taken a single title down off Steam. But as games have fallen out of compliance with Steam's rules, they've chosen to take product off. And there's been many quotes and misquotes with regards to who did to what to who and who took what off what. We've not taken a single title off of Steam. Certain titles have fallen out of compliance. Crysis 2: Maximum Edition actually brought, if you will, Crysis back into compliance by virtue of all of the content being contained within that product, so there wasn't some additional download that had to happen only on Steam. So the entire bundle is available, and by virtue of the entire bundle being available, they were in compliance, and lo and behold, it was back up on Steam. That's really all there is to that story."

Which makes explicit the implicit reasoning behind EA games being removed from Steam. Extra content/DLC that had to be a seperate download, and which wasn't on Steam, is now in Crysis 2: Maximum. Crysis 2 is now in-line with the Steam T&C, and it's back up on Steam.

"So are Battlefield 3, Dragon Age II, and Mass Effect 3 not available on Steam for those reasons?

DD: Yes.
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chiv




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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:37    Post subject:
eh.. its not origin thats the success, its the games that require it.

i actually WANT to see origin do well... and by do well, i mean EARN it by becoming a solid platform... but EA really need to get their head out of the clouds... its got a long way to go.


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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:39    Post subject:


PC: Yes. Console: No.
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Aeon




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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:41    Post subject:
But why is it so bad guys?


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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:41    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:43    Post subject:
Of course it is, EA won't say anything bad about their service Cool Face
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 14:52    Post subject:
Interinactive wrote:
Why it's bad for me:

  • Shitty prices
  • Poor selection of games
  • Their deals/specials are always poor, it's only when games go on special that they're actually at what I would consider full price
  • I don't agree with the way they want other publishers to jump on to their service, yet they remove their own games from Steam for ridiculous reasons. Yeah, BF3/ME3 aren't on Steam because of some DLC bullshit It seemed to have worked fine for previous games, they're just not willing to compromise and it works in their favor. They get customers on their service now, then 'bundle' the games on Steam later on, getting any of the dregs left over.
  • Still can't create decent game backups (unless this changed in the last few months)

I don't mind adopting other DD services so much anymore, like GOG, but not if they don't offer something substantial over existing services. Having to use exclusivity to force customers to use your service, if they want to play a good game, is very sad. The same can be said for Valve in a way, but they actually offer a whole lot more.
Add that origin cannot into gift-buy games lol wut


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dezztroy




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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 15:19    Post subject:
Also, Origin has just about non-existant community features.
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OLime




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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 15:39    Post subject:
chiv wrote:
eh.. its not origin thats the success, its the games that require it.


Just like Steam wouldn't be where it is now without Valve shoving it down every HL2 player's throat. History repeating Very Happy.

peter980 wrote:
Reskinned Steam... I dislike both...


Qft.
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 16:12    Post subject:
Arukardo wrote:
Of course it is, EA won't say anything bad about their service Cool Face


Well said sir Laughing
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ixigia
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 16:15    Post subject:
I use Origin only because some of the games that I own force me to do so. I would never use it otherwise Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 16:16    Post subject:
Interinactive wrote:
Why it's bad for me:

  • Shitty prices
  • Poor selection of games
  • Their deals/specials are always poor, it's only when games go on special that they're actually at what I would consider full price

Fuck off troll! Rolling Eyes

Obviously you want to cheapen the intellectual property...
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 17:19    Post subject:
chiv wrote:
eh.. its not origin thats the success, its the games that require it.

i actually WANT to see origin do well... and by do well, i mean EARN it by becoming a solid platform... but EA really need to get their head out of the clouds... its got a long way to go.


yeah exactly. Forcing people to use origin for their games has nothing to do with it beeing successful. It's just another annoying sort of drm and annoyance for the customer.
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OLime




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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 17:20    Post subject:
Sin317 wrote:
yeah exactly. Forcing people to use origin for their games has nothing to do with it beeing successful. It's just another annoying sort of drm and annoyance for the customer.


Tell me how GfWL and Steam are any different.
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 17:22    Post subject:
OLime wrote:
Sin317 wrote:
yeah exactly. Forcing people to use origin for their games has nothing to do with it beeing successful. It's just another annoying sort of drm and annoyance for the customer.


Tell me how GfWL and Steam are any different.


why is that even a question ?
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 17:40    Post subject:
Even GFWL is better than Origin malware.
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 17:52    Post subject:
SteamDRM wrote:
Even GFWL is better than Origin malware.


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Stormwolf




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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 18:36    Post subject:
I remember when Dragon Age 2 was released. The pricetag for that game for me was 70 Euro. Never am i shopping from those cunts.
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 18:41    Post subject:
I have no games that would need Origin, and I don't see that changing soon ...
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 18:46    Post subject:
Interinactive wrote:
Why it's bad for me:

  • Shitty prices
  • Poor selection of games
  • Their deals/specials are always poor, it's only when games go on special that they're actually at what I would consider full price
  • I don't agree with the way they want other publishers to jump on to their service, yet they remove their own games from Steam for ridiculous reasons. Yeah, BF3/ME3 aren't on Steam because of some DLC bullshit It seemed to have worked fine for previous games, they're just not willing to compromise and it works in their favor. They get customers on their service now, then 'bundle' the games on Steam later on, getting any of the dregs left over.
  • Still can't create decent game backups (unless this changed in the last few months)

I don't mind adopting other DD services so much anymore, like GOG, but not if they don't offer something substantial over existing services. Having to use exclusivity to force customers to use your service, if they want to play a good game, is very sad. The same can be said for Valve in a way, but they actually offer a whole lot more.



Eg. Steam was better at the same age since it's release? For me competition is just a good thing.
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 18:47    Post subject:
Yeah, really good thing. Soon you will have 5 heavy applications with games scattered all over. Good thing indeed.
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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 18:47    Post subject:

origin


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PostPosted: Sat, 16th Jun 2012 18:51    Post subject:
Stormwolf wrote:
Yeah, really good thing. Soon you will have 5 heavy applications with games scattered all over. Good thing indeed.


Time to get rid of your Pentium 3 system Razz. Plus, if you want to play a certain game that requires a certain service, why the heck would you run others all the time as well?
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