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[Armaros]

Dead Space 3, Dragon Age 2 and Crysis 2?

lol.

And command and conquer 4.

You can just picture the people clamoring to open Origin and buy them immediately.

 

[HoosTrax]

actually I want to know too.... why DO we have those backlogs? :/

Because we can probably get 70 of them for the same amount of money as one of the Digital Deluxe edition thingies.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

I'LL BITE YER BLOODY ANKLES OFF

 

[Trigonometrize.]

...
...
...
...they've got a point you know...

I should go play some of those free PS+ games before buying $60 of garbage.

 

[Armaros]

Because we can probably get 70 of them for the same amount of money as one of the Digital Deluxe edition thingies.

Also bundles.

 

[aeolist]

"Salmon having a go at bear?"

 

[LeBart]

I see Dead space 3 , dragon age 2, crysis 2...
NO

That's just their front page banner. There's also Rail Simulator, NHL 09, MOH Airborne, NFS Pro Street...
So, basically a bunch of games you might buy for $3 and then never play.

 

[Cormano]

Mirrors Edge is the only appealing title in there.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Oh wow, didn't know DS3 scored so badly. That's hilarious, and well deserved considered what they turned the series into

that's the dlc, the main game did a little better, but they're not promoting the main game as a game i'll play

 

[SoulUnison]

Because people want to desperately play Dead Space 3.

The DLC for DS3, even.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

I remember their Origin Humble Bundle. I only ever played Mirror's Edge.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

That to me reads like a diss to indie and mid-range developers.

 

[scitek]

Oh wow, didn't know DS3 scored so badly. That's hilarious, and well deserved considered what they turned the series into

That's the DLC

EDIT: To their credit, Mirror's Edge and Bullet Storm are part of the sale, though both have been cheaper before.

 

[GoldandBlue]

games you'll actually play

Wow. I was never able to finish the main game. The game got real repetitive and stale halfway with the constant horde fights.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

that's the dlc, the main game did a little better, but they're not promoting the main game as a game i'll play

You shouldn't miss out on Dead Space 3, stump. It's everything you ever wanted from the series. We all knew that the one thing it was missing was a cover system, coop, daylight terrestrial environments and enemies that shoot guns at you. Not to mention the gripping story about how the Markers exist as a trojan horse to try and psychicially compell whole civilizations into getting sucked into a giant flesh-moon for some reason.

 

[jacksepticeye]

EA are like Bad luck Brian

 

[SneakyStephan]

I remember their Origin Humble Bundle. I only ever played Mirror's Edge.

Haha ye
I bought that bundle, started up origin played ds3 for 15 mins went NOPE, remembered that I already had mirrror's edge and ended up just replaying that again

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

I like how kotaku had this as a story 15 minutes after it was posted here.

 

[Dryk]

So is Battlefield 3 worth $0? Also at $6 I will probably get ME3...

 

[Linkark07]

Nothing there catches my eye. Not even DS Awakening for $2

 

[foamdino]

So I installed origin for the first time the other day to get access to Bf3.

I had a browse through the store and thought - "wow, I really am not the target demographic for EA". Not a single game appealed to me. I only downloaded Bf3 to see what all the fuss is about (and it was free), but honestly there's not a single franchise that EA has that is interesting (to me) in the slightest.

For me AAA (as defined by EA) is dead - perhaps it's a cultural thing, do EA make games that appeal more to the dudebro (US college kid) gamer? I much prefer the indie games available on steam to the AAA stuff on origin.

Oh and Bf3 was disappointing.

 

[RedHotChimiChanga]

games you'll actually play

games you'll actually play

...

Spoiler

That's Half Life 3

 

[Traumahound]

This will surely endear them to indie developers.

On a side note, who wants to total up how many indie games they've played in 2014 and how many EA games?

 

[Shengar]

That to me reads like a diss to indie and mid-range developers.

I'm surprised it took so many post before someone realize about this. EA is not having at Steam, they pissing the indies.

 

[kadotsu]

They are still selling Bulletstorm? That is borderline shady at this point.

 

[Malio]

Refuse to install or use Origin.

 

[Takuan]

Mass Effect 3 isn't "complete" right? Still gotta buy the DLCs separately?

 

[Stumpokapow]

You shouldn't miss out on Dead Space 3, stump. It's everything you ever wanted from the series. We all knew that the one thing it was missing was a cover system, coop, daylight terrestrial environments and enemies that shoot guns at you. Not to mention the gripping story about how the Markers exist as a trojan horse to try and psychicially compell whole civilizations into getting sucked into a giant flesh-moon for some reason.

I did play Dead Space 3. It had a lot of falling off a crumbling cliff. About 20 hours worth. I just didn't buy the DLC, since it's not a "game I'll actually play"

 

[Armaros]

Oh right EA doesn't ever discounts DLC, so you have to buy every one of them at full price.

 

[Salsa]

cute

specially with two fucking $69.99 PC games next to it

 

[AllenShrz]

Dead Space 3, Dragon Age 2 and Crysis 2?

lol.

HEY! Crysis 2 is ok.

 

[Professor Lich]

I bet it's EA making a slight at GAF.

 

[Minion101]

I liked Dead Space 3 Awakened DLC. Made up for the crappy second half of the main campaign for me.

 

[oneils]

Mass Effect 3 isn't "complete" right? Still gotta buy the DLCs separately?

Right. There is free dlc (multiplayer maps/items) but a lot of the dlc is extra. I guess this is how they try to entice you to pony up for the dlc. I haven't bought any.

 

[nbthedude]

Well this did remind me I have Syndicate on Origin and never played it. Would be a good hold over while waiting on Wolfenstein to get a bit cheaper.

 

[Kinky John]

Only one Sims 3 expansion in the sale. The first one they released.

 

[Syf]

Very tempted to buy Mass Effect 3. Still haven't played the third one. Does anyone know if it supports the Xbox 360 controller on PC?

 

[Intheflorsh]

Very tempted to buy Mass Effect 3. Still haven't played the third one. Does anyone know if it supports the Xbox 360 controller on PC?

Nope, Bioware thought that would be a huge waste of resources apparently.

 

[Minion101]

Very tempted to buy Mass Effect 3. Still haven't played the third one. Does anyone know if it supports the Xbox 360 controller on PC?

Nope, cause it would have taken one guy tens of minutes.

 

[Syf]

Well it must've been too hard to implement. I mean it's not like the game released on the 360..

.......

I'm not buying it now out of spite.

 

[licktheenvelope]

Nope, Bioware thought that would be a huge waste of resources apparently.

... you've got to be kidding me... Mass Effect 3 doesn't have controller support on PC?

 

[NotoriousPUG]

Spore is a steal at that price.

 

[grosvenor_92]

I'll just wait till some of those games are part of On The House to try them out

 

[Baron_Calamity]

I wish there was something on origin i don't already own that i was interested in.

 

[abracadaver]

Bulletstorm is on sale too.

You really have to play it now before the games for windows servers shut down in 4 weeks. Clever EA

 

[Grief.exe]

Bulletstorm is on sale too.

You really have to play it now before the games for windows servers shut down in 4 weeks. Clever EA

Note: You can use Xliveless or a cracked exe to get around the GFWL.

That is the worst case scenario however, hopefully EA and Epic can come to a DRM-free agreement.

 

[X05]

The fact that FIFA 10 is the only one of the series on sale is both pretty sad and totally hilarious given the sale's name.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Bulletstorm is on sale too.

You really have to play it now before the games for windows servers shut down in 4 weeks. Clever EA

They also put Battlefield 2 complete on sale during the recent May the Fourth weekend on Steam.

 

[ChawlieTheFair]

I think you guys are way overthinking this lol, it's just a sale.

 

[Dire]

Steam sales "cheapen intellectual property" says EA Origin boss.

Q: One of the things that Steam does is this random deep-discounting of software, and it works well for them. Do you see that as something you want to do?

David DeMartini: We won't be doing that. Obviously they think it's the right thing to do after a certain amount of time. I just think it cheapens your intellectual property. I know both sides of it, I understand it. If you want to sell a whole bunch of units, that is certainly a way to do that, to sell a whole bunch of stuff at a low price. The gamemakers work incredibly hard to make this intellectual property, and we're not trying to be Target. We're trying to be Nordstrom. When I say that, I mean good value - we're trying to give you a fair price point, and occasionally there will be things that are on sale you could look for a discount, just don't look for 75 percent off going-out-of-business sales.