Important Gamer Newz!!!! Origin Still Sucks
So EA released this super important press thing to let us know that they aren't even mad at Valve, at all!, but you know, it's still Valve's fault that you can't buy Battlefield 3 on Steam.
Because Valve is getting between you and EA. EA knows you love it raw, and Valve just keeps trying to be the condom! Fuck those guys!
They have different terms and conditions that they put on their games that don't meet what we would like to do with our gamers. They insist on being a layer between the game developer and publisher and the consumer. They take a piece of the revenue stream. And they don't allow us to go directly to the consumer to do patches and updates.
I... I don't understand what they're complaining about. You're adamant that you need direct access to the customer? And Valve denies you that for... umm, well, gee, the obvious reason I can think of is so you don't use their service for sketchy shit. That's totally unreasonable of them!
Oh, and they also take a piece of the revenue! Umm... are they supposed to run Steam for free? What the fuck kind of complaint is that?
This is one of those things where it befuddles, befuddles I say!, me. Like, are you genuinely that out of touch with public opinion, EA? Or is this just some thing where everyone there has to tow the line even though they all know it's complete bullshit.
EA has been voted most evil company. People seriously do not like them. This nonsensical "they're coming between us!" bullshit isn't winning over nobody. Partially because it's hard to sort out, and mostly because we already think you're evil. And then when games media asks Valve what's going on they're all, "Dude, we're not hating on EA. We tell them we would love to have their games on Steam ALL THE TIME."
And people actually like Valve (most of the time). They gave us Portal and Team Fortress 2 for FREE. EA hasn't given us any free games. And I can understand "We want to, EA says 'no'," over "Valve isn't letting us do direct updates." It's not even that they can't do updates, it's direct updates. How is a direct update better than one that goes through Valve? "Well, we don't wanna do it that way."
At BEST this makes them sound like churlish dicks, and it's fucking crazy that some monolithic corporation, that I assume has a PR department, would decide this is what they want to go for. Like somehow after reading this ANYONE is going to react with "Poor EA. Those Valve BASTARDS."
Because Valve is getting between you and EA. EA knows you love it raw, and Valve just keeps trying to be the condom! Fuck those guys!
They have different terms and conditions that they put on their games that don't meet what we would like to do with our gamers. They insist on being a layer between the game developer and publisher and the consumer. They take a piece of the revenue stream. And they don't allow us to go directly to the consumer to do patches and updates.
I... I don't understand what they're complaining about. You're adamant that you need direct access to the customer? And Valve denies you that for... umm, well, gee, the obvious reason I can think of is so you don't use their service for sketchy shit. That's totally unreasonable of them!
Oh, and they also take a piece of the revenue! Umm... are they supposed to run Steam for free? What the fuck kind of complaint is that?
This is one of those things where it befuddles, befuddles I say!, me. Like, are you genuinely that out of touch with public opinion, EA? Or is this just some thing where everyone there has to tow the line even though they all know it's complete bullshit.
EA has been voted most evil company. People seriously do not like them. This nonsensical "they're coming between us!" bullshit isn't winning over nobody. Partially because it's hard to sort out, and mostly because we already think you're evil. And then when games media asks Valve what's going on they're all, "Dude, we're not hating on EA. We tell them we would love to have their games on Steam ALL THE TIME."
And people actually like Valve (most of the time). They gave us Portal and Team Fortress 2 for FREE. EA hasn't given us any free games. And I can understand "We want to, EA says 'no'," over "Valve isn't letting us do direct updates." It's not even that they can't do updates, it's direct updates. How is a direct update better than one that goes through Valve? "Well, we don't wanna do it that way."
At BEST this makes them sound like churlish dicks, and it's fucking crazy that some monolithic corporation, that I assume has a PR department, would decide this is what they want to go for. Like somehow after reading this ANYONE is going to react with "Poor EA. Those Valve BASTARDS."