Electronic Arts on GOG

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okr said:

JEMC said:

okr said:

JEMC said:
That's very good news for GOG, but why is EA teaming with them and anouncing Origin at the same time?

Looks like a double strategy to me.

They sell their newer games on Origin and let GOG handle the re-releases of their classics from the 90s.

Yes, but they sell their new games on Steam too. If you sell your games, both old and new on competing platforms why lauch your own one? (besides the obvious "because we can or because we want more money)

Origin is probably EA's big step to their own dowload service where they will exclusively sell their games one day. I don't think EA really cares about their old games anymore and that's probably why they gave them to GOG instead of re-releasing them on Origin.

BTW: Isn't it ironic that EA sell their new games on a service called Origin and their acquired Origin (Systems) games on GOG? I wonder what Richard & Robert Garriott will think about the naming of EA's new service...

I think it's just EA's way of recognizing that their online store sucks and needs a revamp. I don't think they care about trying to make a competing platform to GOG or Steam because Origin is just their new, hopefully less crappy, online store.