Steam not on List of Battlefield 3 Digital Retailers

Source: Gameinformer

Electronic Arts recently posted a list of digital retailers that would be carrying Battlefield 3, but the link now directs to an error page. Before it was taken down, Joystiq reports that Steam was absent from the list.

EA's Origin service was the first mentioned, but others such as Direct2Drive and GamersGate were also included. Whether or not Battlefield 3 will be coming to Valve's service is up in the air, but we expect EA to comment on the situation soon.

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Thoughts on this? I think EA would be foolish to limit BF3 to their service only, but who knows - maybe they feel this is a good idea to promote Origin. However, after Crysis 2 was pulled from the Steam store, I'm not sure I'd be surprised if BF3 was also not available.

Can't blame EA for trying to make Maximum Profit.

Meh. I wouldn't really care. I'd just get it off of Gamersgate if that happened.

I was planning on buying the retail version anyway

I was planning on buying the retail version anyway

BPoole96

Kinda suckish since I wanted this game to start downloading at midnight so I didn't need to go out. Hm, oh well...

Actually now that I think about it. I think this is more of a Valve thing than an EA thing.

Actually now that I think about it. I think this is more of a Valve thing than an EA thing.

LegatoSkyheart

I wouldn't doubt it.

It's not like it's a origins exclusive. Obviously Valve and EA can't get along.

I'm sure valve is upset about the missed revenue, but they are sticking to their guns.

It's not like it's a origins exclusive. Obviously Valve and EA can't get along.

I'm sure valve is upset about the missed revenue, but they are sticking to their guns.

Wasdie

I wonder how EA would feel if they knew I was using Steam to launch their products. :P

Well that's weak, I usually really like steam's services so I hope it would just come out for it and valve/ea could stop being dumb about this.

Putting it on steam would help it sell more than MW3EggHeadMan

It will more then Mw3 anyway...on PC of course.

does anyone know if the retail version would need the cd in the pc at all times to play the game? only retail ver. of a pc game that i have is halo and it needs to be in to play... ive gotten used to not worrying about disk swapping u know

Good, some people need to take off the floaties and buy from somewhere other than Steam.

Not a chance I will get it unless its from steam. I really dont wanna have to make multiple accounts to play my games

If its not on Steam than I will buy it at the store. I am not using multiple DD sources.

If its not on Steam than I will buy it at the store. I am not using multiple DD sources.

Fizzman

[QUOTE="Fizzman"]

If its not on Steam than I will buy it at the store. I am not using multiple DD sources.

i5750at4Ghz

No. I go to one store thats close to my home.

I was planning to wait a year or so for a Steam sale to get this but I guess that's not going to happen. Oh well.

I was planning on pre-ordering it at GameStop anyway. As long as the service is solid, Im happy

I planned on waiting till Newegg sends out a e-mail promotion, knocking off $10-12 from the price a few weeks before release anyway which they do for practically any game that they think will sell.

no mod tools

no lan

$60

not on Steam

day one DLC

i think il be getting MW3 instead on PC

Then I buy it from Origins, or retail, or D2D or.. options. Steam isn't the only option, so I don't really care if Steam is missing this one. Battlefield is big enough franchise to be successful without Steam.

Can't blame EA for trying to make Maximum Profit.

LegatoSkyheart

Too bad that's the opposite of what they are doing.

Good, some people need to take off the floaties and buy from somewhere other than Steam.

Grawse

no mod tools

no lan

$60

not on Steam

day one DLC

i think il be getting MW3 instead on PC

Ultizer

[QUOTE="Grawse"]

Good, some people need to take off the floaties and buy from somewhere other than Steam.

DragonfireXZ95

Sounds like a whole lot of EA interference here. EA is going to great lengths to **** this up on PC. Only because of the experience BF2 gave me will I be buying DLC for BF3. EA's clearly tryin to turn a great game on it's back and trying to turn it into another Call of Duty. EA is so dead set on outdoing Call of Duty, they're forgetting that profit is profit at the end of the day as long as you make a original game that people can enjoy. But that's logic from the gamer perspective, logic from the business perspective is what they can do to push profit margins up. I feel if EA keeps Steam from selling BF3 on Day-1, they will definitely damage PC sales. EA is gonna have to learn the hard way that gamers DO NOT WANT publisher-specific game clients. We DO NOT WANT to segment our games with petty third party software. I personally will only buy a game either retail, from steam, or a non-client distributor. IF on the off-chance ORIGIN became successful, it'll be the downfall of PC gaming. We will see many publishers have their own spawns of it and end up ONLY using retail and their own DD clients to sell games. I'm not trying to segment my game library with crap software. The only competition Steam needs is from other non-affiliated DD companies, not from publishers.Mystic-G

Truth.

There are always deals, but people have this blind loyalty to Steam and it baffles me.

Grawse

Oh TWO games were cheaper elsewhere?! Cool story bro. Steam had 95% of the games on sale cheaper than every where else for the past 11 days.

[QUOTE="Grawse"]

There are always deals, but people have this blind loyalty to Steam and it baffles me.

Remmib

Oh TWO games were cheaper elsewhere?! Cool story bro. Steam had 95% of the games on sale cheaper than every where else for the past 11 days.

I'm saying why do people only want to buy off of Steam?

Grawse

Because it's much more comfortable to have all the library organized in one place. Because it's better when you know when/what your friends are playing and quickly join.

[QUOTE="Grawse"]

I'm saying why do people only want to buy off of Steam?

edidili

Because it's much more comfortable to have all the library organized in one place. Because it's better when you know when/what your friends are playing and quickly join.

I'm saying why do people only want to buy off of Steam?

Grawse

Same reason why owners of the 360 & PS3 tend to buy multi-plats for the same console.

[QUOTE="Grawse"]

I'm saying why do people only want to buy off of Steam?

Mystic-G

Same reason why owners of the 360 & PS3 tend to buy multi-plats for the same console.

[QUOTE="Remmib"]

[QUOTE="Grawse"]

There are always deals, but people have this blind loyalty to Steam and it baffles me.

Grawse

Oh TWO games were cheaper elsewhere?! Cool story bro. Steam had 95% of the games on sale cheaper than every where else for the past 11 days.

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

I was planning on buying the retail version anyway

ocstew

If it's not on Steam who cares? Just get out of the house, no sunlight won't kill you, buy a retail copy and add it to Steam. Problem solved. ocstew

Howaboutno.

Manually updating BF games is a huge pain in the ass.

[QUOTE="ocstew"]If it's not on Steam who cares? Just get out of the house, no sunlight won't kill you, buy a retail copy and add it to Steam. Problem solved. Remmib

Howaboutno.

Manually updating BF games is a huge pain in the ass.

that was bound to happen origin vs steam :PJohn_Read

The reason why I hate origin's style of dd is because they are limited to only the games of certain publisher. I hate installing all kind of crap just to play my games. Imagine if every other publisher did the same thing EA is doing then you just can't keep up with that anymore. You want to buy Assassin's creed? Launch it from the Ubisoft's dd service. GTA5? Launch it from R* dd service and so on. Later they might remove their games from steam like EA is doing and you end up with an extremely fragmented market. Why I love steam is because they have every game there not only Valve's games.

[QUOTE="John_Read"] that was bound to happen origin vs steam :Pedidili

The reason why I hate origin's style of dd is because they are limited to only the games of certain publisher. I hate installing all kind of crap just to play my games. Imagine if every other publisher did the same thing EA is doing then you just can't keep up with that anymore. You want to buy Assassin's creed? Launch it from the Ubisoft's dd service. GTA5? Launch it from R* dd service and so on. Later they might remove their games from steam like EA is doing and you end up with an extremely fragmented market. Why I love steam is because they have every game there not only Valve's games.