vlad321 said:
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/battlefield-3/1181544p1.html
Report: You Won't Find Battlefield 3 on Steam
By Mike Sharkey | Jul 11, 2011
No official confirmation yet, but it appears DICE's shooter is being kept off of Valve's digital shelves.
Origin, Direct2Drive, and GamersGate will all be selling digital copies of DICE's anticipated shooter, Battlefield 3, according to a leaked list from Electronic Arts. And while it has yet to be confirmed, it appears the biggest PC digital distribution platform in the world, Steam, will be excluded.
EA and Valve got into a bit of a dust-up last month when Crysis 2 disappeared from Valve's online storefront, Steam. Valve remained mum about the whole thing while EA pointed the finger at Valve. Now it appears EA will be avoiding Steam altogether with what will likely be one of the biggest games it has ever published.
On Sunday, Joystiq spotted the since removed listing of Battlefield 3 digital distribution partners on EA's official site. Electronic Arts and Valve have yet to respond to requests for comment, but a recent forum post by EA on its policy on selling games on third-party sites, along with the recent Crysis 2 issue, indicates the two sides are at an impasse.
"Steam has imposed a set of business terms for developers hoping to sell content on that service -- many of which are not imposed by other online game services," EA stated when Crysis 2 was removed from Steam. "Unfortunately, Crytek has an agreement with another download service which violates the new rules from Steam and resulted in its expulsion of Crysis 2 from Steam."
Shortly thereafter, EA had this to say about its third-party site policy: "When a download service forbids publishers from contacting players with patches, new levels, items and other services – it disrupts our ability to provide the ongoing support players expect from us. At present, this is the case with only one download service. While EA offers its entire portfolio to this site, they have elected to not post many of our games. We hope to find a mutually agreeable solution to this issue soon."
Again, EA and Valve have yet to confirm whether or not Battlefield 3 will sell on Steam when the game is released on October 25. However, the game is already available for pre-order at competitors like Direct2Drive but is nowhere to be found on Steam.
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They shoudl have jsut said that they hated money, really. However, I wonder what those business terms actually are that he talks so much about.
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