BF3 not coming to Steam (Origin vs Steam)

[Lenny]

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[Invictus]

Origin FTL

[CTUnit1]

Well now you know that EA isn't the only publisher that has disagreements with Steam. Notch (creator of minecraft) lays it out pretty clearly here.

He also has a little jab at Origin at the end.

[leroy329]

Well now you know that EA isn't the only publisher that has disagreements with Steam. Notch (creator of minecraft) lays it out pretty clearly here.

He also has a little jab at Origin at the end.

alright but notch is also a java developer, and has like maybe 14 people developing for minecraft.

EA, and Valve have hundreds- thousands of developers making games for them.

~zman

[Keven]

We need a FF Minecraft server.

[leroy329]

We need a FF Minecraft server.

lol i had one for the longest time. running on on the "bukkit" server client. now i have a hardcore RP server with some other stuff that i throw up when asked by my buddies

[Lenny]

I bought Far Cry tonight during the mid-week Steam sale. As I'm going through the standard post-purchase download steps I am presented with this extra step:



So if Ubisoft can optionally ask for your email why can't EA? Or it because EA wants it to be mandatory?

[Keven]

I bought Far Cry tonight during the mid-week Steam sale. As I'm going through the standard post-purchase download steps I am presented with this extra step:



So if Ubisoft can optionally ask for your email why can't EA? Or it because EA wants it to be mandatory?

Yeah, that has been there for a while on Ubisoft games.