EA Take On Steam

Avinash Bali • June 15, 2011, 10:23:57 IST

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EA pull Crysis 2 off Steam in a bid to promote Origin.

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Earlier this month EA announced Origin, their very own digital distribution hub for games. But even then their games were available across other services like Steam, Direct2Drive, Impulse etc. Now it seems EA are aggressively promoting their service as Crysis 2 has been taken off from the Steam store (the game however is still available on other sites like Direct2Drive). This is probably the stupidest thing EA have done all year as taking their games off one of the most popular services for PC gamers is definitely going to affect sales. Also Direct2Drive games are not accessible to Indian gamers due to anal region lock issues.

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Can Origin even compete with Steam?

This also means their upcoming games like Battlefield 3, Need for Speed: The Run and The Star Wars MMO will not be coming to Valve’s distribution service as well. I have a feeling this won’t work out too well for EA as Steam and other forum users are livid at this decision promising to boycott or pirate future EA games.

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Written by Avinash Bali

Nash, as he prefers being called, woke up to the wonders of gaming rather late but don't bring that up around him. It's a touchy subject. A self confessed Battlefield veteran, Nash spent a good part of 2010 on the Steam Battlefield - with Bad Company (see what we did there?). He has a zero tolerance policy towards RTS games but is currently showing an interest by picking up and moving people - who he refers to as units - in the office. Thank God he's not that enthusiastic about Angry Birds or we'd be seeing women flying all over the place. Bali... Bali, put the receptionist down now. see more