Don't try and spin that Steam was restricting you too much. Say so, own it and try and get people excited about using Origin. You want to sell your own games through your own digital platform? Good for you. I don't like how they broke away from Steam. I believe that was fixed but could easily revert back to it with a ToS change again. They had their software scanning things it had no business to. I just don't like their policies and attitude. I'm not a 'Steam or die' fanboy, I have lots of games on GOG and Desura, but I REFUSE to buy anything that supports the piece of turd called Origin or EA's decision to use it over every other sensible business decision. Of all the people who could make a Steam competitor, they are absolutely the worst one to support. EA doesn't give a crap about their customers and they are a terrible company. How about having Origin spying in all of the folders on your hard drive until a German court threatened to investigate privacy issues and it mysteriously stopped doing that after a later update?Įverything they say is PR spindoctoring. How about having a policy in their EULA to delete accounts that haven't been used in 24 months regardless of their status, trying to PR BS their way out of it, and only changing the EULA after weeks of insane negativity and pressure from the media and consumers? how about banning people from their account and all of their games for something they said, or didn't say, on their forums? Mass Effect 3 will be available on March 6th.

And, as previously reported, Mass Effect 3 will require a 'one time, single authorization' for the single player game, but will not require a persistent connection unless playing multiplayer (for obvious reasons). Origin will be required for all PC copies of Mass Effect 3, physical or digital.

'We are intent on providing Mass Effect to players with the best possible experience no matter where they purchase or play their game, and are happy to partner with any download service that does not restrict our ability to connect directly with our consumers,' a forum post (via IGN) advises fans. 'Steam has adopted a set of restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content.' 'During initial release Mass Effect 3 will be available on Origin and a number of other 3rd party digital retailers, but not on Steam at this time,' BioWare confirmed. Mass Effect 3 is an EA game, and therefore will require Origin on PC, and will not be available for sale on Steam. Their ongoing duel centers around two things: the existence of EA's rival Origin service, and Valve's policies regarding DLC on Steam.

Just in case you were wondering, Electronic Arts and Steam haven't made up yet.

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