Steam not listed among Battlefield 3 digital retailers

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  I'm guessing (hoping) there will be some sort of 11th hour reconciliation between EA and Valve that allow... : MercFox1
  • I, too, side with GabeN on this issue : Cheeziologist
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    do elaberate? : apocreg
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      Valve pulled Crysis 2 due to an exclusive DLC deal with another digital distrubutor : Shadowdane
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        I also saw some speculation that the agreement which forced Crysis 2 off was developed in response to iss... : MercFox1
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          Like BF:BC2? I bought it not in steam, and i couldn't buy cheapy cheap vietnam from the steam sale :(. Sh... : squigiliwams
          • I didn't have issues buying and using vietnam from the sale. : Yumcheese
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        I do find it ironic though. Valve have long battled with Microsoft that DLC should be free. This time valve didn't get at the revenue stream other distributors were getting. Looks like EA served Gabe up some humble pie, lol. I wholly agree with valve about DLC. But, before they were arguing as a content developer with Microsoft as the cost requiring distributor... Now EA is the developer and valve the distributor...

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        I do find it ironic though. Valve have long battled with Microsoft that DLC should be free. This time val... : surley_monkey
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          It's about Valve wanting their customers to be able to get all the possible content for the games they bo... : sigpro
          • ^^ yes : project13
          • hero post. : icedcool
          • Especially since we're just finishing up another historic Steam summer sale! : MercFox1
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            Interesting post in the Crysis 2 thread: http://www.shacknews.com/article/69194/ea-crysis-2-pulled-from?i... : Haxim
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              An in-game storefront doesn't guarantee content compliance. Also, I would doubt very much that it is a ma... : MercFox1
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                I would think one of the major reasons for an in-game storefront would be to guarantee content compliance... : Haxim
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                  Except where there are quite a few cases where Steam games don't work with EA-published DLC. Mirror's Edg... : MercFox1
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                    One would think if they were offering it via an in-game store that it would work regardless of the distri... : Haxim
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                      It depends on the implementation. And yes, all of those cases involve base games on Steam. Steam game... : MercFox1
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                        I'm just working from the assumption that if they're offering it via an in-game store it will work with t... : Haxim
                        • Mann Co. store is the same, but that's managed by Valve so its not a good comparison. Bioware has the Bio... : MercFox1
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            What content was to be made unavailable? It was my understanding that valve would see no revenue from the... : surley_monkey
            • Ultimately there's probably a hiccup between the backend of steam, and the back end of what EA is trying ... : dedgecko
          • I thought it was because the DLC was only available on a rival store. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • I am hoping for this as well. If steam doesn't offer it, I will just hold off buying it. The last thing I... : surley_monkey
• Oh well, my future productivity has just went up : zehh
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  No one use Origin, and it'll die. Simple I've not even looked at the webpage and have no intention. If... : apocreg
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    this post is ridiculous : Dravenport
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      Didn't you get the memo, competition is bad, cd cracks are good. : SlingBlaze
      • You two are misunderstanding completely. Of course competion is good, i love competion.. its how things i... : apocreg
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    Oh look, another one of THESE threads... FYI, you will be required to login into Origin in order to BF... : dedgecko
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      All indications right now is that Origin will not be required to be running for playing any games. Have y... : Haxim
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        Since BF2 you've been required to login to a "EA" player-database server. Why would they NOT integrate t... : dedgecko
        • Not BF3 specific, but SWTOR has been confirmed as not requiring Origin at all. Nor do any recent retail r... : Haxim
    • I have no problem logging into EA at all, or anything against the company as a whole. its their tactics w... : apocreg
    • You will be required to log in to Origin for all new EA games. EA wants their own Battle.net. : Lukiopimp
  • It's not going to die anytime soon. : sigpro
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    Yeah man, that'll show 'em!! : The Grolar Bear
    • What poeople not buying their products through a distribution channel? Clearly you misunderstand why c... : apocreg
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  Anyone feel that EA is doing this on purpose to hurt PC sales so they can claim that low sales/piracy etc... : ZenzenTen
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    No. They're trying to capitalize on their own IPs. : BlockheadBrown
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      I get that that is the stated goal, as well as not paying a cut to Steam, but I'm wondering if by cutting... : ZenzenTen
      • I'm pretty sure we're all going to buy the game off of Amazon / Best Buy / D2D (wish I hadn't missed that... : dedgecko
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    Not at all. EA's run by a very different type of investor that looks at raw profit. They don't care abo... : dedgecko
    • I'm curious though to know how much additional profit there is in making a title available on PC in addit... : ZenzenTen
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    There's no conspiracy. They don't want to sabotage sales on any platform. : project13
    • well, unless you consider steam a platform. : master_disaster_17
  • When steam started they did the exact same thing. Sales of their games had to install steam and then it ... : SlingBlaze
  • That's rediculous. If they didn't want to support the pc platform they would just stop supporting the pc ... : ninjase
  • No, that would be utterly ridiculous, not to mention financial suicide for a company to pull a stunt like... : ColoradoCNC
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  hasn't this already been covered to death? since EA wants to deliver all content themselves and Steam doe... : Dravenport
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    This is a front page article. Just because there are 3 chatty posts about it over the weekend doesnt mean... : squigiliwams
    • But lately, chatty posts have effectively been the best, most timely news source on Shacknews. Sure, the... : the archvile
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      http://www.shacknews.com/article/69194/ea-crysis-2-pulled-from?id=26264540 : Dravenport
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        Someone nuked the article comments?? : Haxim
        • it was posted about fifty times as per usual shacknews style, I didn't check the comments I just picked o... : Dravenport
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  I want this game. On Steam. If it's not on Steam, I'm not sure what I'll do. Probably buy it boxed, bu... : Begawkiness
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    only because you're irrationally avoiding using Origin because you're a steam fanboy : Dravenport
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      Hasn't this aleady been covered to death? - Dravenport. I want to buy it where i want to buy it. I do... : squigiliwams
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        what has origin done to you then? : Dravenport
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          and if there was nowhere else to buy what you wanted, would you simply go without so as not to give best ... : Dravenport
          • How does that make him a Steam fanboy? Also, he stated that he is probably buying it boxed, so I don't kn... : Nitrium
        • For me, nothing, and that's exactly the problem. It doesn't patches games automatically, my friends are a... : Nitrium
        • Absolutely nothing, which is the problem. They bring nothing new to the table that me, the consumer, des... : deathofrats
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          The lack of patching is my issue. It doesn't keep the games patched and updated. It's not worth buying a ... : LoioshDwaggie
          • it doesn't?? what the fuck. useless. this is their new forced competition to steam? : Downforce
          • It'll be simple to get patches. They'll all be on FileShack! : Haxim
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            It does patch though. Fuck me. If you have ever used the system you would know that. When I started up Cr... : guyver-za
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              That's the Crysis patcher, not Origin. Origin does not support patching games. It's the same thing with T... : LoioshDwaggie
              • My apologies then. I have Dead Space and it patched that too. Thought it was global. Still. I find it ha... : guyver-za
          • Yup, this is why Steam is a must for me unless it's a no longer supported game on GoG. : armybob
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          The list of fuckups by EA in the downloader business is long. : master_disaster_17
          • ^^ this. Plainly put, I trust Valve a whole hell of a lot more than I trust EA. Er, okay let me put i... : Lucien Irenicus
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        no, it makes you all lazy assholes for not wanting to get out of the house and stepping out into some god... : -=kodiak=-
        • While I won't call anyone out on it, but buying retail is excuse to go out and do something. Plus when I... : Derringer
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          Whoa buddy. Check the unneeded rage at the door. I'm not some fat lonely nerd who buys from steam because... : squigiliwams
          • Target is usually one of the places I stop by to purchase 1st day releases for consoles. They have a pre... : Discrete
        • Yep, that's the reason I don't buy retail.. I don't want to get out. kodiak figured it out! .... : razlebol
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      Both of those things are true and that's not the point. They want us to buy the game, why not make that ... : Begawkiness
      • I don't see why EA should bend over backwards to Steam's demands : Dravenport
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      I am wearing of Origin considering how EA managed their original digital store (like when they would char... : BouillonCubes
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        *weary : BouillonCubes
        • *wary : Dravenport
    • My avoidance of Origin is perfectly rational - I'm heavily invested in the Steam library and Steam commun... : Zek
  • I want this game because I want this game. Don't really care what platform it's on, I'm pretty sure the g... : ColoradoCNC
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    this doesnt make any sense, buying retail is probably the same as buying origin : retarded talking dinosaur
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      How so? : Haxim
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        Activation code for Origin. Much like Valve did with Half Life and Left 4 Dead. : Fluffy_Bunny
        • Has that been confirmed anywhere yet? If SWTOR is anything to go by, you won't need Origin at all to play... : Haxim
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  oh great, another one of these threads..... : -=kodiak=-
  • YAY!!!!!! : saunders45
  • You should make a thread about your coworker complaining about this thread. : not work safe
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  No steam, no sale. : icedcool
  • I hope you boycott Valve then. Because its not on steam because of them. : DionB250
• I was surprised to see id's stuff on there honestly. id is like the cool kid on the block that just does ... : uebersoldat
• Impulse was the first service to put Amnesia on sale so i used it and I haven't had much of an issue with... : at0micgarden
• I'm getting a 404 when I try to view the list, so either there was an error or they're doing damage contr... : jacobvandy
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  D2D has it http://www.direct2drive.com/2/10557/product/Buy-Battlefield-3-Limited-Edition-Download?hph I c... : valcan_s
  • Also if you buy it from here you can usual register the key code with Origin (just like Steamworks games ... : sasquatchxing
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    It's also about $15 dollars cheaper than anywhere else with the discount codes. : saunders45
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      are those codes / coupons still valid? could you SM me one (or if someone else knows it, I'd appreciate ... : dedgecko
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        Try this link: http://direct2drive.tellapal.com/a/clk/cT7wz : saunders45
        • Still shows as $53.95. I'd love to have a coupon code. I'd purchase it today. : BlockheadBrown
    • I'm very interested in seeing these codes. :) : BlockheadBrown
  • +1 for this. D2D is a great service to buy downloadable games through, I've used it a lot. The nice... : fmellish
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  meh, people will cave. : shirif
  • I won't. : ajvitaly
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    I will definitely get the game but I had intended on buying it for PC and 360 and now I'll likely just ge... : BouillonCubes
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      lol, why would you ever cripple yourself like that? : dedgecko
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        My PC can't even play BF3, I'd have to upgrade. Add to that the no Steam thing and it makes me that much... : BouillonCubes
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          it's going to play like shit on the consoles... and by play like shit, I mean that it won't be nearly as ... : dedgecko
          • It'll be like 1943 and BC2 where it's capped at 24 players and graphically inferior. Both games were sti... : BouillonCubes
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    so tired of reading these stupid posts. people won't "cave" no one is boycotting the game, but a lo... : grendel
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      Pretty much this. I am definitely getting the game, but I'm not going to buy this or anything from Origin... : jeffmoeller
      • Im assuming BF3 will install origin like Valve made games install Steam. Could be wrong.. : Cygnus X-1
    • I certainly won't be buying it day 1 if it's not on Steam. I'd probably be willing to wait a month for EA... : flasher 907
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      ...and then you'll install Origin and activate the game through Origin. At which point you might very wel... : master_disaster_17
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        exactly this. People make it out as the DVD will somehow save them. : shirif
        • I can't imagine they'd make Origin a requirement for BF3 when it's not even needed for SWTOR. : Haxim
    • Look at the size of this whole thread and consider how many similar threads have popped-up prior. Peop... : shirif
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    I dunno. EA has a *LOT* riding on this - if it fucks up, EA will have to cave. BF3 is going to be a hu... : Downforce
    • So, it will be like the Half Life 2 launch? : saunders45
    • What forced Origin client stuff? : Haxim
  • I don't think anyone is boycotting. Personally, I think if EA wants Battlefield to be taken seriously as ... : K1Bond007
  • nope. I have never played a battlefield until i bought bc2 recently in a steam sale. Was going to give BF... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    I have too much invested in Steam. I like Steam. I like using Steam. They have games from all kinds of pu... : Rooster Cockburn
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      ...So you add the game to Steam as a non-steam game? : dedgecko
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        Nope, not interested. Tried it before with a GFWL game and it never worked right, and was just another la... : Rooster Cockburn
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          What game if you don't mind me asking? : dedgecko
          • Gears of War PC. : Rooster Cockburn
  • I'll buy it full price day 1 on Steam. If it's not on Steam, I'll buy a retail boxed copy at $40 or less.... : Code RedBeard
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  I prefer Steam because it works well and I pretty much love anything Valve. This won't stop me from getti... : ShXIII
  • BF3 is a better game , thus doesn't need steam PC gamers don't like steam , consoletards are using st... : RuskiSnajper
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  I canceled my Pre-Order. With Rage coming shortly before, and Skrim shortly after, I don't think i'm goin... : saturn96
  • time for BF3 ? That's a silly statement , stop playing the other game when BF3 comes out and launch t... : RuskiSnajper
• I will buy it somehow then 2 weeks later it will be on steam, and I'll be pissed : NukemForever
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  If it's not on steam, I'll just wait until it's $10 on either D2D or amazon. : ajvitaly
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    You can still add it to steam : alllivestaken
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      That's not really the point of Steam. : flasher 907
      • The point of steam is to have all your games installed FROM steam so all you have to do on a new computer... : LoioshDwaggie
• Wait, so how am I going to be able to play BF3? : Yumcheese
• Who cares : Unkei
• None of this is relevant for me, because I'll be buying a boxed copy. : GreggD
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  BF fanboys vs. Steam fanboys- Who will win?? : Damann66
  • Dunno but the reconstruction efforts will take 15 years. : The Grolar Bear
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  Steam is Xbox Live for the PC but better. My game library is there and my friends list and groups are the... : Dr_Cube
  • This. Battlefield 3 trailers look amazing but I was on the fence with the other games coming out this yea... : DeschainVox
• Exclusives are not consumer friendly. Nor is limiting your supply chain. Hey EA why not up the retail p... : dookiebot
• Haint buy'n. I don't want 4 different digital distros' installed on my computer all with their own fri... : Jiven
• I'm worried EA is just trying to control me. Anything they say could change. They could charge me per d... : spyrext
• They just don't get, that no matter how many times they try to change it, we just don't like the 'EA Down... : darthfusion
• test : thetangent
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  no steam, no buy... simple as that. : megreedy
  • Pretty much. : el_bandito
  • Too funny. : wytefang
  • dumb : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Shit. So even if you go and buy it from a box store, you will have to use Origin to play online. No tha... : jrbstereo
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    Really? Where do you see that you will have to use Origin to play online? : Haxim
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      "www.origin.com is your new destination for browsing, buying, downloading and playing your favorite games... : jrbstereo
      • I doubt it will, otherwise they would've pushed it starting with titles released since the "relaunch" lik : Haxim
• I will just wait it out.... I guarantee that one thing I've learned in the last 3-4 years, is that ALL ga... : Q-ball
• Haha so much irrational butthurt up in this bitch, the responses are absolutely insane. : Mr. Goodwrench
• I am not going to give EA my money for the way they are acting. : gamepartner
• No steam = No buy for me. : Demoskinos