EA Explains Why Battlefield 3 Might Not Appear on Steam

in my opinion, Steam is much better at customer service than EA is, so I find myself thinking that this must have to do with EA just wanting more money rather than being about giving customers a better experience. With Steam, you make an account, and buy stuff. it's simple. admittedly, the auto-updater is sometimes a pain, if you're like me and like to install mods for games, but it's not a huge problem. EA shoves its social networking nonsense down your throat (see: pre-ordering Old Republic). also, having owned more than one 360, I can say that the way mass effect 2 dlc works is really fucking stupid.

Does this mean that when PopCap through EA releases a new semi-DLC type game, that game is also pulled?

@Gnorbooth said:

EA has every right to sell their games and DLC and get 100% of the profits. But if that's the case, then don't use someone else's service to promote and sell your games. Because if said service has now helped you in any way with promotion, sales, downloads, hosting, etc, then they are entitled to a cut.

I don't understand why Valve is entitled to a cut. Let's go back to the days of disc-based games and expansion packs. I buy The Sims at Best Buy. I love it. I play the game every day. I then find out that The Sims: Livin' Large came out this week. I'm nowhere near a Best Buy, but Walmart is just up the road. I purchase it there and install it and have a blast all over again.

Why does Best Buy deserve a cut?

@gesi1223 said:

@Infininja said:

@Gnorbooth said:

EA has every right to sell their games and DLC and get 100% of the profits. But if that's the case, then don't use someone else's service to promote and sell your games. Because if said service has now helped you in any way with promotion, sales, downloads, hosting, etc, then they are entitled to a cut.

I don't understand why Valve is entitled to a cut. Let's go back to the days of disc-based games and expansion packs. I buy The Sims at Best Buy. I love it. I play the game every day. I then find out that The Sims: Livin' Large came out this week. I'm nowhere near a Best Buy, but Walmart is just up the road. I purchase it there and install it and have a blast all over again.

Why does Best Buy deserve a cut?

This argument doesn't really apply, because if both the game and DLC are on Steam and no where else then why shouldn't Valve get a cut for having it sell on their service? Sure if you bought the game from another service and could use it in conjunction with Steam and Valve demanded a cut of the profits from that then, yes. Why should Valve get a cut?

That's the whole point of this discussion. The game is on Steam, but the DLC isn't. Valve is forcing the DLC to be on Steam in order to get a cut.

They need to stop trying to shove Origin down everyone's throats.

considering how god awful it has been to play EA games, even on consoles for over now I gotta take valve's side here. I mean shit back in original xbox days EA wouldn't even get with the standardized friends list thing. they're just stubborn assholes.

Wow sure alot of People riding the Preverbial balls of Steam and wishing it were a monopoly in the Digital Distribution arena  *Which users have already made it into* 

@WilliamRLBaker: It's because people don't understand how bad monpolies can fuck over other buisnesses and consumers alike. When these kids grow up they'll understand how ignorant they're being.