EA + Steam: Together At Last?

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EA + Steam: Together At Last?
Now here's a thing. Rousing myself from hangover horror enough to glance briefly at my inbox, I notice a press release about Crysis: Warhead coming to Steam. "Oh, that's nice", I think before collapsing into another hour of semi-concious agony. It's only later that I have a waitagoshdarnedminute moment - this means EA are now [...]

Author: Alec Meer
Category: RockPaperShotgun Crysis Warhead Crytek EA steam
Publish Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:09:49 +0000



Now here's a thing. Rousing myself from hangover horror enough to glance briefly at my inbox, I notice a press release about Crysis: Warhead coming to Steam. "Oh, that's nice", I think before collapsing into another hour of semi-concious agony. It's only later that I have a waitagoshdarnedminute moment - this means EA are now prepared to stick their games on Steam. Which is, y'know, a big fecking deal. I believe this means there's now no remaining major publisher who hasn't signed up to Valve's world-devouring download service. Edit - apart from Vivendi, as Theory observes. I is stupid. Still, it's a fairly momentous occasion, making it increasingly hard to argue that Steam isn't the iTunes of gaming.

Additional, post-coffee edit - yeah, this seems more to do with Crytek than EA, but EA are mentioned in the press release, and must have at the very least okayed this. It's a positive step even if it's not as big as I first thought.

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[Dr. kitteny berk]

OMG WHERE STEELING RPS LOL.

also, good point about the EA thing.

Wonder if they're gonna let us have more on steam.

[Dog Pants]

Wonder if they'll price it higher than EA download, which is shit and stupidly expensive judging by Spore.

[Baliame]

Yeah Steam release will probably be more expensive BUT THERE WILL BE NO FUCKING DRM!

[Lee]

It's about the same price as retail, which is good. Hopefully EA will decide to release more on steam, then I'll actually be able to buy spore and soon mirrors edge.

[deject]

Yeah Steam release will probably be more expensive BUT THERE WILL BE NO FUCKING DRM!

Not really true. Bioshock had the same DRM on Steam as the Retail version did. There's no saying what EA would do.

[Stoat]

Our Steam releases will contain no DRM, however we will sacrifice one bag of kittens for every purchase. There will also be a fee of 50p to download after a six month period.

[Hehulk]

Our Steam releases will contain no DRM, however we will sacrifice one bag of kittens for every purchase. There will also be a fee of 50p to download after a six month period.

That's shite

[Gunslinger42]

making it increasingly hard to argue that Steam isn't the iTunes of gaming.

but steam isn't shit, so I'd say it's fairly easy to argue that

[FatherJack]

Yeah, I think he was arguing "ubiquitous one-stop shop for musieks", rather than "malware-ridden dog-shit pile of arse"

[Baliame]

That's shite

I don't think they can arrange that with Valve. You know, they're not such assholes.

[Baliame]

[EA QUOTE WITH 50P]

Sauce? I can't find it on google.

My assumption is that Stoat is a liar.

[Baliame]

PETITION!
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I touch Goats

[HereComesPete]

Pfft, apart from vivendi. They're not exactly small, stuff they own. I'm guessing they'll hop on board or do their own thing though, or leave it to their subsidiary companies to decide.

[Lee]

Not really true. Bioshock had the same DRM on Steam as the Retail version did. There's no saying what EA would do.

That was a mistake and was removed within a few days. There's no point in double protecting stuff on steam since only one person can be logged into an account at the same time. If they left the activation limits in place you'd end up with an unplayable game in your account that you couldn't re-buy even if you wanted to.

[Nickface]

If a game becomes available over Steam, I get it before I buy an actual hard copy. I like not having to manage discs and avoiding things like the DRM. That's why I was all over Trackmania United when it came out, because it was Starforce free.

[deject]

Yeah if it's cheaper or a similar price on Steam I will no question buy it there instead of retail.

[ProfHawking]

Yeah if it's cheaper or a similar price on Steam I will no question buy it there instead of retail.

Yep, steam rocks at this. I think i'd pay more for steam games. Not having to worry about drm, keys, moving computers, etc etc. It saves a lot of hassle over retail.

[Dr. kitteny berk]

Yep, steam rocks at this. I think i'd pay more for steam games. Not having to worry about drm, keys, moving computers, etc etc. It saves a lot of hassle over retail.

but the lack of awesome box sets is sometimes killer, If they made an EU based distribution centre for added goodies like in box sets, and their tees etc, they'd get so fucking much of my money.