BF3 Not For steam??

[Luthorian]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1182359p1.html
Guess they might not bring battlefield 3 to steam for all u steam lovers, but to other digital download services.

 

[Grymsted]

that sucks

 

[Kirotan]

EA has their own online digital store called Origins. They also just purchased Popcap for $750 million. They are gearing up their own content service, but I'll just buy it from the store I think.

 

[Krod Mandoon]

yea really, why not just buy retail, you dont have to sit there for a few hours waiting for the download to finish, you can just pop the cd in the drive and install and be playing the game 5 minutes later

 

[westside]

I dont even use a cd/dvd drive anymore and havent for years

I have found the digital download makes everything so much easier, plus dont have to worry about lost/ruined discs down the line or anything of that nature

We will see when things get closer, I'm sure the boost to bad company 2 sales from the recent steam sale may have convinced them otherwise

 

[.BOXER]

i dont know how im gonna get that game then. Here where i live doesnt buy retails copy and if i found 1 retail its gonna cost me 50% more, so that sucks EA u cut my legs on this one :'( .
Origins sucks they dont let me use my nickname because someone already take it.
And if dont play in a year the game that u buy it you lose it ja!.

 

[druidsd]

Bummer, I prefer digital, I always loose my DVD's etc, or they get scratched beyond repair. Looks like EA is bringing it to Steam with Origins, and the battle begins! I dont care where I buy it from just release it early!

 

[Believer]

I got it on Origin a while back, mainly because it was on sale for 15% off and I was gonna buy it anyway. I don't want to have to deal with CD's anymore. Although I prefer to keep it all through Steam, I'm gonna hang on to the hope that either a) Origin gets a lot better and/or b) they allow you to run it via Steam instead.

 

[BetterDeadThanZed]

i dont know how im gonna get that game then. Here where i live doesnt buy retails copy and if i found 1 retail its gonna cost me 50% more, so that sucks EA u cut my legs on this one :'( .
Origins sucks they dont let me use my nickname because someone already take it.
And if dont play in a year the game that u buy it you lose it ja!.

I think Origin uses your email address to connect and it has nothing to do with your in-game name. If you didn't want to use Origin, I'm sure that it'll be available on other sources like Direct2Drive.

 

[TheAngryPanda]

Do what I did, find the .exe for Origin and add it to steams library...

 

[P3N]

i dont know how im gonna get that game then. Here where i live doesnt buy retails copy and if i found 1 retail its gonna cost me 50% more, so that sucks EA u cut my legs on this one :'( .
Origins sucks they dont let me use my nickname because someone already take it.
And if dont play in a year the game that u buy it you lose it ja!.

I'm not the only one, I'm not the only one... (and if I buy a retail copy I'll get it 2 weeks... which is $%$#*!), so... I have 2 options... direct2drive/gamestop digital version

For me... the Origin Store / EA Store redirect me to EA/Origin SPAIN SITE... which means I need to pay 60 Euros for BF3... so... that's 85$... and I WONT PAY 85$ FOR THIS GAME... plus... the site / game will come in SPAIN Spanish... (for people who thinks we all spoke the same Spanish you're all wrong), so... my possibilities are reduced... THANKS EA!!!

I think if... EA doesn't allow Steam to sell BF3 they will lose some BIG money (since Steam is the most solid online gaming store in the world)... or they are just maybe releasing a STEAM exclusive version of BF3 with more or less stuff? (some people are talking about this...) so.. lets wait, mine while I want to play the Pre-Beta! MoH FTW!!!

 

[noxx_]

I already pre-ordered my copy from origin. I love the idea of a program like steam, any where you are with a computer with interwebs you can play any one of the games you have and to me origin is just like steam just less shiney and less popular. Ever sense I started using steam I stop buying hardcopies of games for a few reasons. No more CD's to get lost/scratched, auto updates so no trolling the internet for a patch. I love steam/origin.. I have so many games that I'd love to play sitting in boxes but I have like 1/3 of the CD's or missing CD keys. I do wish they would have just put it on steam but they didn't so gotta deal with it!

 

[Kerak]

I go retail. I pre-ordered back on 6/11/11.

Reasons:

• My internet is really slow. My average DL rate on steam is 160 KB/S. So it will take 3 days to DL if its a big game.
• There is a hope they will do the same thing for BF3 as they did for BF2 where the CD isn't required.
• I am still using the CD I got since BC2 came out long ago.
• Browsing the web for patches is really fun.

Only reasons why I'll do digital if you can DL the game early before the release date of games or the games are no longer in stores.

 

[Mustachio]

Personally I would rather stick to steam. As much as origin is probably fine, I would rather not end up having multiple services like that running on my computer. I mean, I already have steam, I already like steam, why would I want to run something different that is going to be more of the same? Not to mention according to the user agreement on origin, I believe that they are not obligated to keep the download available to you for more than a year, as opposed to steam, I can redownload it whenever I want.

I might opt for the physical copy in this case, and as kerak said, if theres a possibility that I wont have to have the disc in the drive to run the game, then I am completely fine with that. Anyone here have a physical copy of BC2? Do you have to have the disc in to play?

 

[P3N]

I go retail. I pre-ordered back on 6/11/11.

Reasons:

• My internet is really slow. My average DL rate on steam is 160 KB/S. So it will take 3 days to DL if its a big game.
• There is a hope they will do the same thing for BF3 as they did for BF2 where the CD isn't required.
• I am still using the CD I got since BC2 came out long ago.
• Browsing the web for patches is really fun.

Only reasons why I'll do digital if you can DL the game early before the release date of games or the games are no longer in stores.

My Internet should be.... 120KB/s (Yeah sure!! lol! most of the time is not even 30KB/s)

Anyway I wish to have a retail shop selling the game.. but here... there's a "LAW" the government approve that doesn't allow to people to buy "VIOLENT" games in stores... So no matter how old are you... you just CAN'T... :chair::chair::chair::chair::chair::chair: I want this game on STEAM!

 

[Kerak]

My Internet should be.... 120KB/s (Yeah sure!! lol! most of the time is not even 30KB/s)

Anyway I wish to have a retail shop selling the game.. but here... there's a "LAW" the government approve that doesn't allow to people to buy "VIOLENT" games in stores... So no matter how old are you... you just CAN'T... :chair::chair::chair::chair::chair::chair: I want this game on STEAM!

2 words for you P3N, CALM DOWN please and thanks

 

[BetterDeadThanZed]

Not to mention according to the user agreement on origin, I believe that they are not obligated to keep the download available to you for more than a year, as opposed to steam, I can redownload it whenever I want.

That's something that I've read about in the past, but I've been able to download software from there for years after I bought it, for example, the BF2 expansions and BF2142.

 

[f4nt4sm0n]

I think they will surely sell it on Steam, but it will be close to the launch date or after, It's a maneuver to get more user base for Origin and if you didn't ride the bandwagon, sell it to you for a little more in steam (BF3+Expansion+Skins+Gadgets).

 

[Mustachio]

That's something that I've read about in the past, but I've been able to download software from there for years after I bought it, for example, the BF2 expansions and BF2142.

Right, they dont say it will only be available for a year, but that it will be available for at least a year, implying that there is the possibility that you might not be able to redownload after a year. And seeing how I reformat my computer somewhat regularly, im not cool with that possibility.

 

[BetterDeadThanZed]

I think they will surely sell it on Steam, but it will be close to the launch date or after, It's a maneuver to get more user base for Origin and if you didn't ride the bandwagon, sell it to you for a little more in steam (BF3+Expansion+Skins+Gadgets).

I'm not sure about that. EA recently pulled Crysis 2 from Steam (except for those that have already bought it on Steam), so I think that's a signal of things to come.