EA Origin: What are your thoughts?

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fordy said:

Scoobes said:

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.

I'm pretty sure the article states that EA wanted to host the Nintendo Network by themselves,, which Nintendo turned down. How would this make them lose control of their servers?

I had some proper thought about it earlier, and I'd say it was no wonder that EA were desperately trying to get Origin into the console market, considering Valve has been in the media lately about making a console of their own....

Like I said, the entire article is based on rumours that I find hard to believe. I can't imagine any publisher, even EA would be quite so ridiculous in their demands. Based on their previous arguments with Microsoft and Valve, I find it far more likely they demanded control of their own games and servers (so they would be completely out of Nintendo's control, therefore controlling Nintendo's network but only for EA games) rather than demanding Origin be Nintendo's only online service.

No company can be that stupid. Guess we'll have to see if Origin has any implementations on the new Xbox/PS4 that doesn't show up WiiU before we can really guess what transpired.