Battlefield 3 not coming to Steam

[JediMB]

I buying it from PC world, i already pre-ordered.
EA's ORIGIN WILL FAIL.
Steam is Better because VALVE listens to the community.
they listen to the players issues,
Refund things quickly, and best of all, have the greatest sales of all time.

Speaking of sales...

I got an e-mail from EA recently, telling me that I could get 25% off "my favorite game" or "one of EA's hottest titles".

Except the fine print stated that it didn't apply to Alice: Madness Returns, and that was the only game I was interested in getting on Origin, so no sale.

 

[Harlief]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.293108-EA-Origin-Keeps-your-games-after-one-year-possibly

Can't get into the original side that had the article but maybe you got better luck:
http://gotgame.com/2011/06/15/ea-origins-keeps-your-games-after-one-year/

Congratulations EA! You're doing a great job in perpetuating and justifying piracy...

 

[kebab4you]

I did cancel my pre-booked bf3 when I heard I would not be able to install games that used Origin one year after I first activated them.

Way to go, reading and all that. Nowhere does it say you won't be able to install them after a year. It says the game will be available for AT LEAST one year. Most likely this is a legal thing, actually a good thing for customers, so that they cannot one day just say "Origin didn't work out, so we're scrapping it. Bought a game yesterday? Too bad, no refunds."

Ah okey, I only read what I could from the escapist quote since I couldn't get into the real article my bad <.<

 

[Neonit]

oh, thats a shame. i wanted to buy it. oh well. i dont feel like making ANOTHER online distribution acocunt. i like having all my games on one, max two platforms.

 

[RA92]

snippity snip

Eh, whatever, BlOps was a terrible port anyway, and deserved the low sales. What's more pertinent is how much DICE's last game, BF2BC2, sold on all platforms.

http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/935376-pc-version-bc2-sold-more-than-ps3-360-versions-combined.html

http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/03/07/battlefield-bad-company-2-has-more-pc-players-than-xbox-360-and/

If you go to VGChartz, you'll find a totally different story from what DICE's associate producer is saying - because only the publishers have the number on digital sales for the PC.

 

[AnonymouZero]

Well that aint good if they're planning on beating MW3.

THIS. What the fuck are they thinking, do they want SALES, or do they want people talking about how BF3 isn't coming to steam, but it's on their shitty lookalike store... bleh.

OT: oh wait... that was my response above

 

[ImprovizoR]

The biggest PC game to come out in 2011 and they're using it to destroy PC gaming? Only EA can be that stupid. I'm never going to buy it from Origin. I'll try to get a retail version, but I will never install Origin on my PC.

Well that aint good if they're planning on beating MW3.

THIS. What the fuck are they thinking, do they want SALES

PC community is relatively small when compared to console community so it won't influence sales that much. But because it's primarily a PC game they should treat PC gamers with respect. If PC gamers want to buy from Steam they should be able to do that. Fuck EA.

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

Well that aint good if they're planning on beating MW3.

This.
I for one won't be getting the game. Not out of some sense of self-righteousness, but because of my laziness.
It's the kind of thing that stops me from having both Origin and Steam on my comp, especially when Origin will only be set up for BF3.

As long as there aren't too many people like me, it may be ok. But otherwise... Ehhh... >_>

 

[teh_Canape]

eh, I was thinking of getting it as retail disc anyways

 

[yuval152]

eh, I was thinking of getting it as retail disc anyways

without origin it wont allow you to play

 

[Tharwen]

Is Battlefield going to be permanently fixed to origin? If so... I feel the same way about this as I did with Assassin's Creed 2.

WHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

 

[teh_Canape]

eh, I was thinking of getting it as retail disc anyways

without origin it wont allow you to play

yeah, I know about that, bro

 

[yuval152]

Is Battlefield going to be permanently fixed to origin? If so... I feel the same way about this as I did with Assassin's Creed 2.

WHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

Unfortunately it'll be,I can buy it because i use console but i won't because EA is shutting down the master server of game after few years(cant play multiplayer)

I'll get it retail, install it, then add it to Steam. If I can't add it to Steam from the beginning, I'll wait for EA to crack like they did with Alice. This is a game I probably won't be getting day 1 specifically because of this, however.

I have BF2 and BFBC2 to keep me occupied until EA decides to stop being a moron.

get a freezing tank that can hold until 10.24.2012 because its gonna be awhile.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

I'll get it retail, install it, then add it to Steam. If I can't add it to Steam from the beginning, I'll wait for EA to crack like they did with Alice. This is a game I probably won't be getting day 1 specifically because of this, however.

I have BF2 and BFBC2 to keep me occupied until EA decides to stop being a moron.

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

I'm gonna buy retail. I've bought the first 2 BF games retail, and I think buying the third one and breaking the tradition is kind of...odd.

 

[Continuity]

Why would they care about the PC sales? The PC version of the COD games regularly manages to sell almost as badly as the Wii version. Like, barely a million.

Don't trust these sales numbers, they never track digital sales.

Unless digital sales account for 97% of a major PC games sales, it hardly matters.

They do account for the majority at this point so those figures are material.

 

[jbchillin]

why does it matter? i mean i understand that steam is the biggest and best online retailer for games but there's nothing wrong with competition. If you get the game through origin you don't need steam to play it, you can launch it directly from your hard drive which is actually extremely appealing to me. it wont affect game sales in anyway, if someone wants to buy it they still will.

 

[Arafiro]

Damn you EA.
Goddamn you.
Just when I thought we could be friends, you pull this.

If I was DICE, I would be so pissed right now. I can't believe that EA would so outright ruin the sales of the PC version of the game just to try and launch their inferior steam copy.

Damn you EA. You just let Activision win.

Edit: It just occured to me that they might do this for Mass Effect 3 also. I can forgive you ruining Battlefield 3, I wasn't that into that franchise anyway - but if you touch my Mass Effect, there will be no forgiveness, only vengeance.