PC gamers..how are you enjoying Origin?
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This in every way shape and form!snagli said:
Origin is the software that conspiracy theories are made from!
It actually seeks out all of your chatlogs, Skype, messenger, you name it, and sends them back to EA! It tracks everything you do online and sends it back to EA! It has unfettered access to anything you keep on your PC! and best of all it tries to make this all legal by sticking it right in the EULA.
It is the worst kind of DRM and i will avoid it like the plague. At the moment I think it may be a breach of my employment contract anyway, GO propitiatory work data on my home computer!
i might be enjoying it up one of the creators rear, because i don't have it, and do not have any reason to get it
Regardless of Valve's track record, EA, from its inception to present day has had serious problems with their business ethics. Whether it's in dealing with their developers or fucking over their customers. They even had internal strife that ended in a class-action lawsuit (nearly 3, actually).Keava said:It's also much easier to be clean when You are single developer/publisher studio and put out 1 game every hundred years, while EA has multiple studios below them and puts out several games a year. Easy to not be guilty if You don't do anything
The problem does not innately lie in the size of their company; but the people running it.
And to date, I will continue to (uselessly) preach that it's the job of the consumer to keep them honest.
I guess i wont touch let alone open the download page ever. What it boils down to is its either gonna give you the 'ideal' application in which it runs as stated. Or you could get the i need you banking account/tax info/crash my comp. Its like flipping a 3 sided coin for access to half good products.
I don't play games on PC (Have laptop, don't care about graphics, has no problem playing glitched Skyrim on PS3), but I've heard a few horror stories about Origin. I think it was yestersay I read a thread bout how some guy got perma-banned from Origin, and couldn't play any of his games because someone else swore in a post as well as included the guy's username.
Valve has come out with a press release saying that if they ever go under, they'll patch all your Steam games so they can run without Steam.willis888 said:
EA permabans people from playing all their Origin games for one misdemeanour on their forums. Not to mention the spyware allegations.
This isn't apples and pears. This is apples and prickly pears.
Yup, you nailed me. I'm a fanboy for a company from which I haven't bought any games in like 2 years!bootz said:
I live in Australia. We get stupid markups on games here - Steam (with some exceptions) is the cheapest way for me to get new games. Sometimes I'll find gold in an IRL bargain bin, and sometimes Steam will push something up from its price in America (MW3 for $100? Really? When it sells hardcopy in the US for 60?) but aside from those, I can live with some minor hassles to get games on the cheap.Keava said:
Example: Sonic Generations. RRP: 99.78AU$. Steam price: $49.95US$, and we have a strong dollar so that's close to $50AU$. One man's trash is another's treasure, I suppose.
I used it for DA2 and was like "so why are people wasting their lives typing a bazillion of forum posts arguing about the evils or good of Origins again?"
It's a service for games. Simple as that.
Unless something massively evil happens here, I think gamers will just end up accepting Origins just as they have accepted Steam.
It's a service for games. Simple as that.
Unless something massively evil happens here, I think gamers will just end up accepting Origins just as they have accepted Steam.
I personally don't have ANY complaints about Steam in any sense, so I don't see why competition is necessary. Prices are fair, sales are good, varied and often, pre order bonuses if you like that sort of thing, in game UI is easy and very useful, expansive forums full of nerds and geniuses. Valve fanboy's can get a little annoying sometimes, but the all round service is pretty damn good in my opinion.Keava said:
If anything EA is looking to monopolise the DDS market for their own evil needs. As if they don't have enough money already.
Bottom line, Valve is trying to bring as many people into the PC gaming fold by making things quick, easy and relatively cheap. EA is trying to suck as much money from everyone else as they possibly can.
I prefer steam, Orgin is fine but its store sucks. Its also little invasive, it wants to be used all the time and is just in the way a lot of the time. I see no reason to not get it if you wanna play an ea game.
Isn't taking away someone's access to every game they bought with the service with hardly any warning doing that "at any point in time"? Although it is for forum bans, it's still another broken promise on EA's part. And I've never seen anyone call out Steam because they woke up and all their games were gone. If you have, could you post a link?Keava said:
