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by giancarlostoro 4069 days ago
The whole EA getting off Steam fiasco is something similar, except a new policy in Steam wants 30% of anyone's revenue for DLC even if you setup your own payment system, and distribution system. So Steam would be getting money for doing absolutely nothing.
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bcoates 4069 days ago
As a user, I'm totally fine with that. PC game distribution was so braindead that third parties (Steam, etc.) could strong-arm their way into un-bundling. Having chosen a payment and download system I'm not inclined to let game publishers try to force me into a different one, and whatever financial incentives Valve can apply to make that painful is great.
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johnchristopher 4069 days ago
Doesn't Valve bring in the users and the channel to them ?
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giancarlostoro 4069 days ago
Used to, I imagine EA is going to sell games regardless of Steam, they have quite a "portfolio" of games that just "sell themselves". The only reason I ever got on Steam was because of Counter-Strike, I imagine the only reason others hear of Origin is because of games from BioWare and DICE.
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