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| Lets rant at Origin |
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| Gear:
--- Quote from: Bisjac on August 22, 2013, 11:14:50 PM ---ea is the largest game publisher. why would they let valve take money off the top? the modern age is the digital download age. there needs to be a program to use. technically every publisher should have one. --- End quote --- Having 5 different programs installed just so I can play every game is surely going to be a pain in the ass in the future. |
| Pandan:
--- Quote from: Jerome on August 22, 2013, 11:04:51 PM ---origin itself fine but they shouldn't have needed to make it in the first place --- End quote --- Like Bisjac said, Valve takes roughly 15% off the top of every sale. EA is just being business savvy and making their own steam. Do i like Origin? No, because they don't have sales. They don't have a nice interface like steam. Etc etc. |
| Jerome:
--- Quote from: Bisjac on August 22, 2013, 11:14:50 PM ---the modern age is the digital download age. there needs to be a program to use. technically every publisher should have one. --- End quote --- nobody wants to have 50 clients on their computer just so they can have a decent selection of games |
| Bisjac:
--- Quote from: Jerome on August 23, 2013, 08:50:32 PM ---nobody wants to have 50 clients on their computer just so they can have a decent selection of games --- End quote --- competition creates cheaper games at higher quality. steam hides it with sales. but generally all games could be cheaper. you dont find it odd that digital versions of games are the same price as the disks in store? thats the scam they are getting away with. |
| Gear:
--- Quote from: Bisjac on August 23, 2013, 11:11:04 PM ---competition creates cheaper games at higher quality. steam hides it with sales. but generally all games could be cheaper. you dont find it odd that digital versions of games are the same price as the disks in store? thats the scam they are getting away with. --- End quote --- As far as I know it's the big retailers like Gamestop who are forcing publishers to keep the same price for digital copies. Otherwise the retailers would stop selling disks which would then be a huge loss for the publishers... |
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