Why does EA hate steam so much?

It just seems like that and I can't find any solid reason.

Before peopel say they want to cutout the steam middleman, why is BF3 available for preorder on d2d but not steam, and arent all retail stores middlemen cutting EA? I have a feeling origins will fail, it only offers EA games which is 1 major reason and steam sucked in the beginning too and it took years for it to become what it is today, why would someone invest in a new service while steam is already a solid service and polished. Im not saying EA should not release origins cause they have the right to compete, but restricting their games from steam seems silly.

They want a piece of the pie and don't want Steam to improve it's business. They'll tryto build it's service forcing upon buyers of their games to use their services, just like Valve does. Once they get it running they'll be ablenickel and dime everyone to death.

Sure hope Battlefield 3 will get released on Steam too.

They're developing their own Steam competitor, and undoubtedly once that becomes available they'll no longer provide access to the majority of their games through Steam because they want the business on their end. If it debuts before Battlefield 3 is released, I'll be very surprised if Battlefield 3 is even available on Steam at all.

But what about d2d and just regular brick and mortar establisments, why are they only targetting steam. I would rather just buy a boxed edition than having 2 steam like programs running on my pc.

They're developing their own Steam competitor, and undoubtedly once that becomes available they'll no longer provide access to the majority of their games through Steam because they want the business on their end. If it debuts before Battlefield 3 is released, I'll be very surprised if Battlefield 3 is even available on Steam at all.

THA-TODD-BEAST

Goodbye to those EA sales. :(

They're developing their own Steam competitor, and undoubtedly once that becomes available they'll no longer provide access to the majority of their games through Steam because they want the business on their end. If it debuts before Battlefield 3 is released, I'll be very surprised if Battlefield 3 is even available on Steam at all.

THA-TODD-BEAST

Probability-wise there has to at least be one person at EA who is not a moron, thus I don't think they'd want to ignore the platform that has the largest share in the digital games market with 30M+ users.

I guess gonna be buying boxed verision of Battlefield 3 if it doesn't come out on Steam. This only enrages me other then Battlefield won't buy any of their games.

because nobody cares about steam.

because nobody cares about steam.

Mucea_the_best

That sure is a cool story bro.

Is that why Steam has 30M+ users and Valve is more profitable per employee than Google & Apple?

EA is being greedy is all Steam is acting as a middleman between the publsher and the consumer and they are making good money off of it. EA wants to cut off the middleman alltogether and make more for themselves. It is just buisnesscontaminated

Except they didn't cut out the retailer and D2D middlemen.

Because the head guys at EA who are calling the shots are idiots. Steam has $30+ million users, no one wants to use your crappy Origin platform.Remmib

To be entirely honest: I don't want all the Blizzard and EA games ruled into Steam and I doubt that to have all the eggs in the same basket would be healthly. Competition is good, and I like more the perspective of 3-4 strong digital platforms instead a single one with an overwhelming hegemony.

Outside sales and occasional discounts, Steam prices trend to be ver pesky compared to the rertail ones.

Hate is not the right word. They are obviously just trying to stay competitive in the distribution department. Steam makes commisions on sales and it is completely unnecessary for a publisher to lose that cut in their profit margins.

Sure they will lose customers in the short run, but I bet EA thinks it is a big enough dev that it can build its own platform which will pay itself off long term

Hate is not the right word. They are obviously just trying to stay competitive in the distribution department. Steam makes commisions on sales and it is completely unnecessary for a publisher to lose that cut in their profit margins.

True_Sounds

That is very true, but i'm not going to go to 40 different company stores to play my games

[QUOTE="contaminated"]EA is being greedy is all Steam is acting as a middleman between the publsher and the consumer and they are making good money off of it. EA wants to cut off the middleman alltogether and make more for themselves. It is just buisnessDrazule

Except they didn't cut out the retailer and D2D middlemen.

Retail is something different all together but you make a point with D2D. Perhaps they don't see them as much of a threat to their profit margin then Steam. Steam does have the largest returns over any other digital distribution network currently available.

Maybe because Valve demands a large precentage of the sales for every copy sold on Steam, While Direct 2 Drive demands a small precentage.Treflis

They have every right to; they built their platform from the ground up and companies like Microsoft and Yahoo denied Valve when they were looking for partnership to start Steam back in 2002-2003.

Valve takes 30% when developers use Steam as a publisher. I'm willing to bet the percentage is a bit different where there is a publisher already involved.

Getting BF3 in retail store still doesn't mean you'll be able to add it as a non steam game to your steam library. slabber44

I swear any program with any game with an exe file can be added as a non steam game. Most people like steam because its puts all their games in one place, no one wants to have origins and steam running on their computer, especially if you dont play that many ea games to begin with

They recently removed Crysis 2, seems like you wont see any new EA published title on steam from now on. Dante2710

Oh wow, they did. I was planning on buying it too... I guess not.

Because their money grabbing bastards

[QUOTE="Dante2710"]They recently removed Crysis 2, seems like you wont see any new EA published title on steam from now on. scoots9

Oh wow, they did. I was planning on buying it too... I guess not.

Wow, what a god damned joke.

EA is run by imbeciles.

So no BF3 on Steam? Damn! When will companies learn that Steam is the standard, especially for multiplayer games?

Aren't bad company and BF2 on Steam?

Aren't bad company and BF2 on Steam?

magnax1

Pfft Steam will be fine with out the retards titles, Alice and Bf3 are about the only EA titles I want and if anything I will just get the hard copy no problem to avoid the crap that is Origin( which it only going to be Ea titles so good luck with that).

P.S. Also smart to limit where people get SWTOR , I pretty sure that the way to try to beat the other blackhole that is wow (the other being Steam lol). EA= Nimrods.

Plus steam just added a bunch of Free 2 Play games , GL origin LOL

I'm no expert in busniess but how would EA lose money by having games on steam? If you buy the retail copy from gamestop then a portion would go to gamestop and a portion to EA. With steam would it be the same thing with steam getting a portion and EA getting a portion of the profit?

[QUOTE="slabber44"] Getting BF3 in retail store still doesn't mean you'll be able to add it as a non steam game to your steam library. NanoMan88

I swear any program with any game with an exe file can be added as a non steam game. Most people like steam because its puts all their games in one place, no one wants to have origins and steam running on their computer, especially if you dont play that many ea games to begin with

I'm not mad about no Steam because Steam isn't the greatest thing in the world (just the best thing since sliced bread). However, I don't like this because they are almost definitely going to plug that origin crap and I really don't want to have to download another program and make another account just for one game.

And if they force Mass Effect 3 on this I'll shoot whoever is running that company, and that bullet was reserved for Kotick.

I'm no expert in busniess but how would EA lose money by having games on steam? If you buy the retail copy from gamestop then a portion would go to gamestop and a portion to EA. With steam would it be the same thing with steam getting a portion and EA getting a portion of the profit?

toddx77

Essentially they are trying to move the digital buyers from Steam to their crappy store.

[QUOTE="scoots9"]

[QUOTE="Dante2710"]They recently removed Crysis 2, seems like you wont see any new EA published title on steam from now on. Remmib

Oh wow, they did. I was planning on buying it too... I guess not.

Wow, what a god damned joke.

EA is run by imbeciles.

Lol wow, it is true, they really did take it off steam.

I wonder how crytek feels about that.

Hm so EA are yanking content off Steam and making it "Origin" exclusive ......... well that is going to end well for them :roll: . If they thought sales of their software was bad on the PC before they haven't seen nothing yet. Ah well their loss, the only game I was interested in from EA is Mass Effect 3 and I am buying that retail for the Collectors Edition after that I can't see EA getting any more of my money.

Boycotting over declining game quality yeah I can understand, but over where you can download it from? Come on. That's either absurd or it's a scapegoat to feel good about piracy.

They want to improve their operating margins. That is the gist of this BS, really.

Boycotting over declining game quality yeah I can understand, but over where you can download it from? Come on. That's either absurd or it's a scapegoat to feel good about piracy.

True_Sounds

I'm not sure you understand exactly what is going on here...

Lol the amount of ignorance in this thread is bliss. You guys are calling heads of a major company idiots, but let me guess you are still in school or university and know all about marketing a service etc and have years of experience., Get off your high horse and wake the **** up. Games are nothing more than business. Battlefield 3 is going to be huge and represents EA's best chance of bringing users to there service. Anyone who has actually studied marketing in university will understand this. By limiting the number of other places the product is available at you could generate more sales for yourself plain and simple, since steam represents the largest competition for them, cut them out and what happens? More people are likely to use your service as they get desperate. By getting users to use your server you then have a greater chance of getting thme to purchase future titles.

I own a steam account from 05 and have plenty of games on their but i also own a good number on origin. People are making it such a big issue. Hey if you really want to use BF3 with steam just add it via non steam games. I mean its not like you are going to unistall it 50 times a day....

I am not saying it should not come to steam but you guys complaining about if it isnt are the idiots and not EA.

Lol the amount of ignorance in this thread is bliss. You guys are calling heads of a major company idiots, but let me guess you are still in school or university and know all about marketing a service etc and have years of experience., Get off your high horse and wake the **** up. Games are nothing more than business. Battlefield 3 is going to be huge and represents EA's best chance of bringing users to there service. Anyone who has actually studied marketing in university will understand this. By limiting the number of other places the product is available at you could generate more sales for yourself plain and simple, since steam represents the largest competition for them, cut them out and what happens? More people are likely to use your service as they get desperate. By getting users to use your server you then have a greater chance of getting thme to purchase future titles.

I own a steam account from 05 and have plenty of games on their but i also own a good number on origin. People are making it such a big issue. Hey if you really want to use BF3 with steam just add it via non steam games. I mean its not like you are going to unistall it 50 times a day....

I am not saying it should not come to steam but you guys complaining about if it isnt are the idiots and not EA.

EvOlVE_3