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EA: Dragon Age II pulled from Steam by ... Steam -Destructoid
So EA is trying to make Valve look like the bad guy for removing DA2 from Steam.
Basically, it boils down to this - Valve updated its ruies for selling content through Steam.
Valve has a problem with EA doing what retailers have a problem with Valve doing. Valve doesn't want you selling things on their storefront. EA wants the world to believe they're a competitive entity when they hate the concept with every fiber of their being.
The Dragon Age/Mas Effect games and Crysis break Valve's rule. They try to sell things directly to EA through Steam rather than let Steam manage that content. And Valve handling it would make sense, given Steam is a platform. DA's in-game content peddlers and Cerberus Network are the problem.
And personally, I just dislike those things because they're sort of immersion-breaking. I think its easier to deal with content purchases out-of-game on PSN or XBLA personally, so I could also see myself wanting it to be that way for Steam. Why take my mind out of the game while I'm playing it?
EA's trying to look like they're taking the high road and pretend they like competition, you know, even though they fired the first shot by refusing to put Battlefield 3 and The Old Republic on Steam in the first place.
I find EA's approach trying to keep themselves a multi-platform while having a platform all their own to be a bit confusing. They want the best of both worlds - to play in the console world and try to build a PC platform. They also say they want Origin to be HBO-meets-Netflix.
I could actually see that working for their sports titles. I find it utterly stupid that a company can sell the same game year after year with very little in the way of improvements for full retailer each go. Plus given the rate at which sports titles depreciate in value, most people could pay less for a sports title than retail and enjoy each season of the game at their own pace.
It also removes the need to take down servers for online multi-player. You subscribe to EA Sports online, you get your season updates, you play online with your pals in and don't lose out on the new content, updates and all that.
Of course, it does have the problem of being online. Some people just don't care to play game online at all and simulate the seasons separate from that. That and it doesn't work for every kind of game out there. Its the same problem I'd have with the idea of Cloud-based gaming. Yes, it removes the need of big hardware upgrades on my end because the game is streamed to me, but it removes my ability to play it independently of the internet.
So EA is trying to make Valve look like the bad guy for removing DA2 from Steam.
Basically, it boils down to this - Valve updated its ruies for selling content through Steam.
Valve has a problem with EA doing what retailers have a problem with Valve doing. Valve doesn't want you selling things on their storefront. EA wants the world to believe they're a competitive entity when they hate the concept with every fiber of their being.
The Dragon Age/Mas Effect games and Crysis break Valve's rule. They try to sell things directly to EA through Steam rather than let Steam manage that content. And Valve handling it would make sense, given Steam is a platform. DA's in-game content peddlers and Cerberus Network are the problem.
And personally, I just dislike those things because they're sort of immersion-breaking. I think its easier to deal with content purchases out-of-game on PSN or XBLA personally, so I could also see myself wanting it to be that way for Steam. Why take my mind out of the game while I'm playing it?
EA's trying to look like they're taking the high road and pretend they like competition, you know, even though they fired the first shot by refusing to put Battlefield 3 and The Old Republic on Steam in the first place.
I find EA's approach trying to keep themselves a multi-platform while having a platform all their own to be a bit confusing. They want the best of both worlds - to play in the console world and try to build a PC platform. They also say they want Origin to be HBO-meets-Netflix.
I could actually see that working for their sports titles. I find it utterly stupid that a company can sell the same game year after year with very little in the way of improvements for full retailer each go. Plus given the rate at which sports titles depreciate in value, most people could pay less for a sports title than retail and enjoy each season of the game at their own pace.
It also removes the need to take down servers for online multi-player. You subscribe to EA Sports online, you get your season updates, you play online with your pals in and don't lose out on the new content, updates and all that.
Of course, it does have the problem of being online. Some people just don't care to play game online at all and simulate the seasons separate from that. That and it doesn't work for every kind of game out there. Its the same problem I'd have with the idea of Cloud-based gaming. Yes, it removes the need of big hardware upgrades on my end because the game is streamed to me, but it removes my ability to play it independently of the internet.
Kojima san.
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