When Crysis 2 conspicuously vanished from the Steam store a few weeks back, speculation was rife that EA had monopolised it for sale under their own Origin distribution platform. Speculation ran further rife with the worry that the same might end up being true for the upcoming Battlefield 3, and no-one was pleased. Now, EA have publicly commented on the move, with the head of their global e-commerce division, David DeMartini, releasing a statement on the matter today.
Blindfolding myself and clicking a Steam page at random would serve me better recommendations than Steam’s algorithm
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. The recommendations I get are usually pretty good, but then again I have pretty large library of games on Steam and hundreds of them in my wish list, along with lots of curators I follow for it to build recommendations off of. On occasion it will throw me a random FIFA game or something I've never bought or shown interest in, but mostly its decent IMO.
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Players can pay to edit their character, resurrect the dead and other actions.
Yet Helldivers 2 gets a pass? Y’know a GotY contender by the name of RE4 had them and so does Devil May Cry V. The funny thing is I enjoyed both of those games thoroughly without having to buy a single microtransaction.
What I do consider a valid complaint is not being able to start a new game or being able to edit your character. That’s kind of a seriously baffling decision, but then I think how I played Dragon’s Dogma 1 and I never edited my character and I just did a 100% playthrough on a single file and didn’t start a NG since. So, I don’t think these are really going to impact me, but I can see how it will others.
I was going to pay full price to support this game because I've been waiting for it for forever but I think I'll wait until I get it for free from Epic or a Humblebundle monthly.
I am not defending Capcom, as I am not a fan of MTX in single player games. I do however belive they were open to reviewers about having MTX in their game. The reviewers just decided to leave that part out. Which is very disingenuous. There are some companies that get away with these things. Image if this was done by EA, Ubisoft, or even Activision? I am positive those defending Capcom, would have had their pitchforks ready if the companies listed above did this
I call BS on it. If that was really the case, why is Dragon Age 2 still on there? In fact, why are ANY of their games on there?
Luckily I'm not into these casual FPS games or I would be very disappointed.
As I post this, not a single person has any agrees and everyone has at least one disagree. I find it amusing.
Anyway, I want this game on Steam. I have Origin, I have games on there, but I don't want to use it.
well, just got a sweet ass PC but it looks as if I'll be getting this for PS3.. Bummer man, I REALLY like steam.
I Believe BF3 will make it on to Steam, the last thing EA wants is to find out that they are pissing off their most loyal consumers, which is the PC Gamers.