Has EA already failed Battlefield 3?
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I don't think it'll affect their day one sales. Most people that were already set on buying BF3 will buy it, regardless. I do think it'll affect their long term sales since a lot of people, myself included, buy games on impulse while browsing Steam and have no reason to go to Origin.
Or are games like movies now, where success or failure is measured by the opening weekend box office?
Or are games like movies now, where success or failure is measured by the opening weekend box office?
Hands up all those that have never eeeever had an issue with an EA game or service?
I see no hands..
EA is almost notorious for fucking things up.
While, as some said above, it only takes a matter of seconds to install, some of us reason that it's only a matter of time before it cocks up and goes haywire.
As i've said time and again, I won't use steam because I like to be in control of my games and how they work. So the chances of me using Origin are someone between slim and i'd rather lick shirley crabtree's armpits.
I see no hands..
EA is almost notorious for fucking things up.
While, as some said above, it only takes a matter of seconds to install, some of us reason that it's only a matter of time before it cocks up and goes haywire.
As i've said time and again, I won't use steam because I like to be in control of my games and how they work. So the chances of me using Origin are someone between slim and i'd rather lick shirley crabtree's armpits.
Pfft, yeah, like I was gonna download it anyway, let along get it on my PC. Shitty PC, so getting for PS3...
I see this every once and a while and it confuses me. Steam gives you the ability to play offline. Hell, it gives you the ability to burn an infinite number of copies of your game w/ the CD key if you want physical copies instead. I figure I have the same control now as I did with the 100+ CDs I had clogging up my bookshelf. I just have an empty bookshelf now. *shrugs*Rawne1980 said:
I dont know.. People should be whining about Punkbuster being in Battlefield 3. Not, not being able to get it on steam. SERIOUSLY:Cowabungaa said:
Punkbuster does this.
-Makes you waste 20 seconds every time you login
-Has a bug making the game unplayable online for many people across the globe
-Kicks off people who didnt update correctly. Does not give info on how to update correctly. (Its a 2 in one issue)
-IS FRIKKIN CRAP. I swear, most hackers I saw had to be banned manually from the server. Punkbuster did nothing, NOTHIN.
Whine about the return of Punkbuster people. Its at least an enemy we might still prevent from comming back next battlefield.
I'll rephrase, I didn't put that across very well.Dr. Pepper Unlimited said:
I like to mod my games and I make a lot of mods for the like of DA, DA2, Witcher, Oblivion and the Fallout games.
I need to be able to alter files with no issues whatsoever.
Sometimes Steam has issues with certain ways a game is modded which is absolutely no use to me.
I know if I install the game myself with no 3rd party I have total control and the only issues i'll have are those that come from either the game itself or my own fuck ups.
Ah, well, that makes more sense now, heh. I don't typically touch the mod scene so I don't need to worry about it. However, I can see using an add-on free game would be far less hassle in the long run.Rawne1980 said:
compared to CoD's let?s give the winning team a helicopter? Also what where you playing it on wait im wasting my time here you only like the squad deathmatch.MuppeTeN said:
They should just focus on showing us it's great, rather than trying to compete and compare with a game it hasn't a hope of outselling (at least on console).
It's not a dealbreaker for me but I honestly hate EA even more for it. I don't like the idea of HAVING to use Origin when I shouldn't need to. The EA login system they've used for years now has been fine.
It annoys me most because I love the Battlefield series and I hate seeing EA using it as a pawn. They're using it as a pawn to compete with CoD (Like they did with the new Medal of Honor, that they swept under the carpet quietly after it flopped) and now they're using to to try compete with Steam. I highly doubt that DICE has a say in the matter.
I hate it most because EA are treating it as a pawn to compete with, instead of treating it like a game and IP that they want to succeed.
It annoys me most because I love the Battlefield series and I hate seeing EA using it as a pawn. They're using it as a pawn to compete with CoD (Like they did with the new Medal of Honor, that they swept under the carpet quietly after it flopped) and now they're using to to try compete with Steam. I highly doubt that DICE has a say in the matter.
I hate it most because EA are treating it as a pawn to compete with, instead of treating it like a game and IP that they want to succeed.
Why, I ask? They are both on the same console. That's like saying, I'd much rather buy my game at Walmart. I'd hate to have to go to Best Buy to get a game. Wtf? It's not even like you have to drive anywhere.Febel said:
OT: Here's the bottomline, people: BF3 looks gorgeous and is implementing some new and fresh gameplay mechanics that CoD never even thought of. For one, they are going to make it much harder for people to bunny hop around and quick-scope.
And I HATE having to use steam for certain other games like CoD and FEAR, but that's the direction other game companies go in. It would be nice if I could sell these games if I get bored of them or simply don't like them, but they are tied exclusively to my steam account. Anyway, my point is don't hate EA for doing what its competition is also doing.Azulito said:
Origin will out of some people but not much
also remember there are other platforms.
while it probably wont sell as well as MW3 do you really think its gonna fail?
also remember there are other platforms.
while it probably wont sell as well as MW3 do you really think its gonna fail?