EA Origin: What are your thoughts?

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fordy said:

nero said:

This: http://mynintendonews.com/2012/08/04/ea-apparently-desperate-for-nintendo-to-include-origin-on-wii-u/
 in other words, they wanted to force Nintendo to use his online services. That's why we don't have DLC for ME3

Wow..

 

Before I read that article, I thought EA just wanted an Origin app for WiiU....but no...they wanted Nintendo's network to be hosted by them?

Thank god that never transpired...

That's only rumour and I think that's a major exageration. EA want control of their own servers/distribution for their games, and by the sound of things they've managed to negotiate an arrangement with Sony and Microsoft (guess we'll see at E3).

If it's anything like the mix up with Valve, then EA want to be able to control where, when and how DLC gets released for their games. Sounds like Valve and Nintendo don't want to lose that control, let alone the potential revenue or DLC sales data.