fordy said:
Digital distribution competition is fine, but why should people (the majority who I've talked to say that Steam is miles ahead of Origin in terms of features etc.) have to deal with a second-rate digital distribution system just because they refuse to play nice and let the consumer decide which medium is better? I'd be complaining about Steam's services if the situation was reversed, and they refused to digitally distribute on any other platform, but that's not the case.... Besides, how will things go once there IS competition? Will we be seeing digital distribution platforms close? What will happen to the games that people purchased on them? |
What other digital distribution platform are Valve games on? I far prefer to buy games from Amazon, for example, which are often sold without DRM. Valve does the exact same thing you're talking about, they keep their games exclusive to their own service in order to draw customers. You're using a double standard here.
Besides, the reason most EA games aren't on Steam is because Valve took them off. Why? Because both sides were being greedy. Valve didn't like that people could buy DLC directly from EA from within the game and EA didn't want to alter that just for Steam. Remember, you CAN buy digital versions of EA games from other places such as Amazon.