Origin signs up 11 more publishers
Origin is now getting serious about being seen as a bona fide digital distribution platform, rather than a vanity project, signing up eleven publishers including CD Projekt RED, 1C Company, and Paradox Interactive.
Origin is now getting serious about being seen as a bona fide digital distribution platform, rather than a vanity project, as Electronic Arts today announced it has signed up another eleven publishers. Over "the coming months," Origin will add PC games from CD Projekt RED, 1C Company, Paradox Interactive and more, starting today with MMORPG Rift from Trion Worlds.
The eleven joining forces with Origin are The Witcher 2 maker CD Projekt RED, sim and strategy specialist 1C Company, niche publisher Paradox Interactive, To The Moon dev Freebird Games, InXile Entertainment, N3V Games, Core Learning, Trion Worlds, Robot Entertainment, Autumn Games, and Recoil Games.
"Origin is focused on providing choice to consumers and the games they play," Origin VP of business development and marketing Craig Rechenmacher said in the announcement. "From blockbuster franchises to high-quality independent titles, we're bringing the industry's best content to one place. We're excited to welcome new partners and a diverse new line-up of titles to Origin today."
Origin first started selling games from third-party publishers in November, signing up Warner Bros., THQ and Capcom. Industry analysts polled in November weren't impressed by Origin, but signing up more publishers and expanding is at least a step in the right direction for EA.
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Origin is now getting serious about being seen as a bona fide digital distribution platform, rather than a vanity project, signing up eleven publishers including CD Projekt RED, 1C Company, and Paradox Interactive.-
I don't mind Origin, but I do hope they improve the functionality of the browser with video capture and improvements.
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That sums it all up pretty good, what do they have, more or better? The prices aren't more different than on Steam I suppose otherwise it would have been the a big buzz around that, they don't have better deal, or promotions, to rival Steam's so imho they are a long long way from being more than an annoyance
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no better promotions than ea games that will be exclusive to origin. but until origin becomes a better platform i wont be buying any of them bf3 was too much of a hassle to get into games with friends, friends and server browser should all be managable from in game not some web browser i have to quit to go to.
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They run sales they just don't always have daily deals or weekend deals but the do have sales.
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1 think i hate - "Origin is focused on providing choice to consumers" - and than they won't let steam sell EA games... really? i say lets make it a fair competition, all same games, try to get same discounts, try to provide better service, and see who gets more people, why trying to restrain users... we all know that restraining pc user is the worst thing one can...
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Exclusive DLC is an inane marketing move. Publishers need to stop being so snobby and offer it on all distribution networks. The console platform holders set a bad precedent with platform-exclusive DLC and timed exclusive releases.
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Actually its Valve that prevents EA from selling games on Steam due to changing their dlc policy (which they seem to apply randomly).
I know it isn't all Valves fault. EA is choosing to use DLC in a way Valve forbids. Still, I can buy games off origin that require steam, I don't see why you can't buy games off steam that require origin. Double standards are annoying.-
Valve reacted to a trend EA started that was hurting Steam customers and so they changed the Steam policy on DLC. I'm quite comfortable in my determination of who the bad guy is.
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Yeah, I agree with this. EA's DLC was not giving Steam players fair and equitable treatment vs. other retailers.
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It's interesting to see how in all of this, Valve never spoke out against EA. Only EA has done all of the talking so far.
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EA always does a lot of talking; Valve always delivers.
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That is cool. I hope they embrace more indie games as well.
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Good. Hopefully this will encourage more competition, and give the consumers better deals.
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I too am all for competition. But Valve and EA need to fight a fair battle. Valve products should be sold on Origin and vice versa. Fix that shit.
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This,. I'm fine with the rest, no exclusivity though please?
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I see this sentiment a lot with regards to Origin. The problem is that EA is not averse to underhanded tactics that screw over both developers AND consumers for their own benefit. They are a publicly traded corporation, after all.
If the way they entered the market and continue to maintain their service is any indication, it would seem to me their desire to put up actual competition (ie. offering a better product to both developers and consumers) seems low.
I mean, I would go for a better-than-Steam service in a heartbeat, because Steam is awesome. Origin, however, is not so awesome.-
Those are pretty much the exact reasons why I'd rather support Steam and GOG. That and I'm still bitter about EA killing Westwood, Bullfrog, and Origin.
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The only thing that origin lacks that steam has that I really care about, is party chat.
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where are the sales? where's the community involvement and community features? what about the dubious "guaranteed downloads for 1 year!" language? what about the reports of EA barring people from downloading games who download them too much?
Valve, with Steam, has put out a service that is functional and fairly reliable, and while the support leaves something to be desired, it's not like Origin support is much better... and this is all just taking Origin's service at face value, who knows what shit EA has planned for Origin -- the pattern of EA support for services (and games in general) is that it generally it becomes more restrictive and exploitative over time, not less.
If EA had the intentions of putting out a competitive service, they, first of all, have an uphill PR battle against people who already use Steam, and secondly need to offer more than being able to play EA games on the thing -- something which people could do in a similar capacity before Origin. The fact that they don't seem to be confronting these issues either directly or indirectly leads me to believe that they don't care. Their opinion is that people will use their service regardless of how certain people feel about it... I don't think that's a terrible thing to be at least suspicious of, if not outright hostile towards.
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Exactly. The level of anti-Origin hate on this site sometimes is absolutely astounding to me. I don't understand how anyone can be against competition in the digital distribution arena.
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So, Origin just wants to develop their own patching system so it can be easier to distribute and not be Steam's competitor? I guess thats one lie. Origin wants its games to be sold on different distribution platforms? I have not seen BF3 on Steam or anywhere and also SWTOR, so I guess thats two lies.
For BF3, its stupid that its using Battlelog and Origin. Makes it a lot more difficult to communicate with friends and my mic never works right in Battlelog for some reason.
No sales and/or promotion ever going on in Origin, and the interface is a lot better with Steam. The only thing I like about Origin is the ability to install games on different location. I can easily go around this with Steam Tool (for Steam) so this advantage is nullified.
Yeah, I guess I'll stick with Steam for the time being, but competition is good. Hopefully Steam will be better (for me it is already a better choice).-
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Your lose. Origin is fine people don't piss and moan this much when stuff is x-box or PS3 exclusive and that is a whole other system. This is just a program that is fairly non intrusive.
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lose loss
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I think I'll only ever see Origin as a glorified EA game launcher. I don't see why I'd buy any non-EA game from them. In fact I'm having a hard time convincing myself that I want to buy anymore EA games offered exclusively through Origin after my experience with BF3. It seemed Origin served to make BF3 less convenient to play with an unnecessarily clunky web based server browser and their penchant for locking you out of your games for days when they have a service hiccup. Steam is only marginally better in the availability department but at least they have an offline option that doesn't deprive me of the actual game, just the achievements and overlay perks.
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Exactly. I'll only ever play a game through Origin, that I absolutely have no other option with.
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Steam offline works just fine. Maybe the 10% rule is winning out.
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Steam Offline works when you want it to. It doesn't work when you need it to.
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yeah it's always been frustrating the few times I've needed it
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There really seems to be a lot of people with incorrect information regarding EA and Steam and the DLC. EA stopped putting their games on Steam, because now Steam requires new games that get published on Steam to make their DLC available through Steam as well. EA doesn't want to sell their DLC through Steam so they don't publish their games on Steam.
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Did you read every fact backwards and then sing the star spangled banner to come up with that logic?
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You realize that if you by your games new, rather than at a pawn shop like Gamestop, you don't have to pay the $10, right?
But don't let me put facts in the way of your herp-derping.
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How adorable
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Except Mass Effect 3, amirite?
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Pretty much this.
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I buy their old games on GOG and that's it.
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As with Steam, I will give the Origin service 5 years of shakedown time before using it.
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And it took them this long to decide that? Yea, i'll stick with steam. The only EA game i'm looking forward to is Mass Effect 3 and that's not enough for me to completely switch to Origin. Even then, i'm starting to get skeptical with the changes they are making to Mass Effect 3.
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