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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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nexen said:
Yeah, I was looking at wikipedia to see what else they might offer on the service. Found this gem at least. http://www.doublefine.com/games/host_master/
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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Does THQ still own the publishing rights to Costume Quest? I recently picked this up on PSN and thought it was pretty fun. Would love to have it on Steam.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
It seems like EA pulled Crysis 2 from Steam. :|
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
dwebo said:
We'll find out in a few days. It could be lack of keys that caused them to pull it.
Atilac said:
Ha, same here. It's probably the sale I was most looking forward to during the next bonanza, but maybe that's not gonna happen. If this is the case, I'll just wait till it's super cheap on Amazon or D2D if they still have it, whatever it takes to give EA as little money as possible.
Stallion Free
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Hahahaha. I hope it goes Origin exclusive. I also hope they like remove it from my account or some other bullshit.
That or at least they could cockblock me from future patches.
That or at least they could cockblock me from future patches.
If EA goes exclusive on their own store, I might not even buy anything else from them aside from maybe Crysis 2 (would have to be cheap), maybe BF3 at some point (probably on sale?), and Mirror's Edgier (obviously I can't resist this).Snuggler said:
It's weird because I would surely think they would make MORE money from having it available on Steam as well, but maybe EA knows something I don't (or maybe Crysis 2 was just because of the keys).
Blizzard said:
Yeah, that's the problem. On one hand, I hate their guts and don't want to give them my money, but on the other hand they make games I like. I mean, I can't pass on Mass Effect 3, but if it's gonna be Origins exclusive I'm gonna have to deal with a major dilemma.
I checked and Crysis 2 is still on other DD sites, so who knows. Maybe it's all gonna be OK in the end, but it's EA, I expect the worst from them.
It's totally gone. The only mention of it's existance is in my wishlist.
Nah, we've seen that happen before. All they do is give you a warning in the purchase box that says something like : We are currently out of keys for the item and are working hard with the publisher at resolving this issue. You can purchase this game and as soon as we have the keys you'll be able to play.
crimsonheadGCN said:
Nah, we've seen that happen before. All they do is give you a warning in the purchase box that says something like : We are currently out of keys for the item and are working hard with the publisher at resolving this issue. You can purchase this game and as soon as we have the keys you'll be able to play.
CecilRousso
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I´m not counting EA games as interesting anymore. There are far to many other great games being developed by developers and publishers who actually cares about their customer. Battlefield 3 is "Meh!" from now on. Let them sell their games to those who doesn´t care if they are being screwed by the men in ties.
EA is my favorite publisher. they might do things that piss me off at times, but they have by far the most games that i'm interested in.
i bought Crysis 2 off Direct2Drive and have it registered on Origin, so i'm already there ...but i can't see them pulling this for good from Steam. there's probably just some kind of error.
EA loves money, and there's too much to be made from Steam.
i bought Crysis 2 off Direct2Drive and have it registered on Origin, so i'm already there ...but i can't see them pulling this for good from Steam. there's probably just some kind of error.
EA loves money, and there's too much to be made from Steam.
Sgt.Pepper
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I'm trying to change the resolution in Spiral Knights, but as soon as I do it exits the game. What the hell?
Good point, I'd probably get Mass Effect 3 eventually as well. I haven't played the first two yet though, so I have plenty of time to wait for a sale.Snuggler said:
*edit* I highly doubt they would ever actually remove the games from Steam accounts, though. Even games like Simplz Zoo that got removed from the Steam store still stay on people's accounts and can still be downloaded from Steam, I'm pretty sure.
Contractual obligations.confused said:
Let's say they do go Origin only or just remove Steam from their list. Everything else is still up on D2D and GG. Don't you think making a bunch of exceptions already hurts whatever stance you're trying to make?
Similar to not allowing pre-orders, its another power play on their part to either get "Special" exceptions or to limit Steam's ever growing service. That is of course based on this being an intentional dropping and not a fluke.
jaundicejuice
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If the people behind the Origin initiative, or whoever it is that's calling the shots at EA, had two brain cells to rub together they would not take a hostile attitude towards Steam, they would not be offering content later, they would not be excluding customers from certain pre-order bonuses. The only thing this antagonism achieves is hurting their potential customers and alienating existing ones.
If the people behind Origin were smart content would be day and date on ALL DD services, but the best deals would be on Origin. If they were smart they would use ALL DD services to sell their games, which are a trojan for Origin. By ignoring Steam and its customers, they only limit themselves. Microsoft has sort of figured this out.
If the people behind Origin were smart content would be day and date on ALL DD services, but the best deals would be on Origin. If they were smart they would use ALL DD services to sell their games, which are a trojan for Origin. By ignoring Steam and its customers, they only limit themselves. Microsoft has sort of figured this out.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Dragon Age II was also released around the time of Crysis 2 and is still up.
scorpscarx
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Zimbardo and others you might want to read the Origin TOS, good stuff in there good stuff.
Among much much more:
" If you have not used your Entitlements or Account for twenty four (24) months or more and your Account has associated Entitlements, your Entitlements will expire and your Account may be cancelled for non-use"
These people just don't get it, if this happens and there's no more EA on steam, EA is completely dead to me, I'd also hope other people will not buy EA stuff as well.
Among much much more:
" If you have not used your Entitlements or Account for twenty four (24) months or more and your Account has associated Entitlements, your Entitlements will expire and your Account may be cancelled for non-use"
These people just don't get it, if this happens and there's no more EA on steam, EA is completely dead to me, I'd also hope other people will not buy EA stuff as well.
Sgt.Pepper
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Yeah, I'm talking to another Gaffer, it seems Spiral Knights is broken. He can't start session anymore and it also closes when changing resolution.
scorpscarx said:
With pretty much all of the digital distribution platforms the platform holder can terminate your access at any time for any reason and you have already signed away any right to dispute such termination legally except in states where you're not allowed to sign away that right. This is certainly true of Steam as well.
In regard to your last point about how other people shouldn't buy EA games any more either, I disagree. As long as they keep making good games and selling them for cheap without invasive DRM, I'll keep buying them.
scorpscarx
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coopolon said:
Right, but with Steam and BLizzard, only thing that would cancel your account would be The Flood.
Other than user abuse obviously.
Everything is still up there on Steam. It seems like the stuff just got delinked from the Electronics Art label. If you click Maxis, Spore is still up. DICE, you'll see all the BF and Mirror's edge. Click on the store page from your game list too to find em.
Panicking over nothing.
Panicking over nothing.
Them or Ubisoft were 30days.Blizzard said:
Blizzard said:
True, and yes, they used to only guarantee 12 months, and I think anything beyond that they'd charge you for "download insurance" nonsense. I don't think they ever followed through with that, although it sure does suck for anyone who did buy the download insurance. In fact, I think someone found in the current TOS that even now they only guarantee the download will be available for 24 months. On the other hand, unlike Steam, once you download it you never have to open the client again, so if you are worried about that you can always back up your purchases. Hopefully EA doesn't do anything stupid and start expiring people's accounts, but they've been going for 6 years now and I don't think they've done it yet so that's a good sign.
The problem is my definition of user abuse and Valve's definition are quite different.
Zimbardo said:
so you wont plan on coming back to your digital copy of games in 10-20 years if they're still available?
I cant guarantee im gonna play my games every 2 years forever. Maybe i go on a crazy trip on the middle of a rainforest that lasts 5 years and i would like to play Super Meat Boy when i come back.
scorpscarx
Member
Zimbardo said:
It happens, less now but when direct 2 drive for example just opened I did use it, then Steam became awesome so I never wen't there for like 3 years.
Guess what, I do not have access to any of those multiple $50 dollar purchases on my account on direct 2 drive now, it bothers me almost daily.
kamspy said:
Buying them from Origin and burning them to a DVD is the same as buying them boxed DRM wise. In fact, it's better because then you don't have CD checks. After you download a game, you no longer have to ever open Origin again.
I'm not against buying them boxed, I do it frequently (and then register it on Origin to get the best of both worlds), but I thought you might think Origin is like Steam in this regard and it's not, it's better*.
*: Except EA uses SecuROM on most of their games limiting you to 5 activations. You can deauthorize any machine at any time so it's not really that limiting, but it does suck.
indigo-cyclops
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might want to editZimbardo said:
*didn't mean to be an ass...
chixdiggit
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So those free to play games... What's worth the download? I heard good things about Champions so I'll try that at least.
The thing is, Valve has won the right for me to trust them with my money on "cloud" copies from their service. They proved themselves wether its by providing great customer support, delivering to users exactly what they want, making free DLC for their games, giving away copies of their own games in special occasions, not condeming gifting games over different regions, etc.
EA has done the exact opposite.
He said nothing wrong, he said that if EA screws with something he paid money for, he is going to download it from a torrents site instead of buying a copy again.
Can you blame him?
EA has done the exact opposite.
INDIGO_CYCLOPS said:
He said nothing wrong, he said that if EA screws with something he paid money for, he is going to download it from a torrents site instead of buying a copy again.
Can you blame him?
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