why the fuck would you get a ps3 when it's going to be emulated by the end of the year?

OH NO, I CANT BUY THE SHITTY CRYSIS SEQUAL ON STEAM ANYMORE!?

Good thing i can still get the GOOD ones

I already have all 3 of the current ones.

But seriously, who the fuck cares about crysis 2?
It's an abortion of a sequel.

>Buying EA games that aren't Battlefield and Dragon Age Origins on PC

DOHOHOHOHOHO!

Wow Gabe, first Half Life ep 3 and now this? PC gaming really is dead.

>We violated their policies, aren't they cruel?
>If you don't want to be subjected to the evils of a business that takes action when their policies are violated, there's always Origin.com!

Does this mean if you bought crysis 2 you cant play it?

obvious consoletard detected

OH GOD NO

I CAN'T BUY A SHITTY GAME FROM STEAM ANYMORE?

OH THE HUMANITY!

>Now that Gaben has essentially killed off PC gaming
Are you fucking retarded or just trolling? it's hard to tell the difference nowadays.

More like Crytek and the Yerli faggots got greedy and didn't want to pay Steam's commission on top of EA's.
They can go die choking on dicks for all I care.

>It was totally Steam that kicked us off guize!
>"ONLY ON ORIGIN" advertising started 30 fucking seconds after removal from Steam.
Yeah, I mean I know corporate America in general and EA in particular would NEVER lie to the public but somehow I don't fully believe them.

OH NO I CAN'T PLAY MY DEAD MULTIPLAYER!

XD BOYCOTT STEAM11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grow the fuck up.

>not waiting until next gen when it's this far into the gen.

Got my eyes on dat vita.

>Break rules
>Get punished
>"Were not the bad guys ;_;"

Sweet crocodile tears EA.

>>98930541
Of course you can, I bought it from Steam (yes yes, laugh at me) and it didn't affect me in any way. People just can't buy it anymore, if you have it already, you won't be affected.

>>98930667
THEY CALL ME PROPHET

And nothing of value was lost.
Talking about Crysis 2 of course.

>>98930082
1/10

>Game is no longer sold on one platform but is still available on many other ones
>PC Gaming is dead

What?

I'd rather listen to the whole story than EA's rather empty response ("guys, I won't tell you why, but it's not our fault, ok?").

I just don't see this working out well for Steam.

>Now that Gaben has essentially killed off PC gaming

I'm going to post some inconvenient truths for you.

EA has and will continue to ruin every game it touches. That means Battlefield 3.

I have no doubt it was a good game at one point, but EA money has swayed the developers.

It will not be good, there will be massive launch day problems, and there will be more DLC than Call of Duty ever had.

>valve games exclusive to steam
>let me suck your cock, gaben!!!
>ea games exclusive to origin
>FUCKING GREEDY AMERIKKAN PIGS TIME TO PIRATE

>Gaben
>Killing PC gaming
>by removing a shitty consolized game

Yea, okay.

Well, what about Witcher 2? You can buy it from GoG.

>new rules
Ok, this just sounds like Steam is pissing off EA.

Why would I care? Crysis 2 sucks.
Crysis 1 is much better.

>>98930915
Origin = Only EA games
Steam = Valve games, other companies, indie games

>EA violates their contract on purpose
>Blames Steam

I wonder if you guys have actually read any of their business terms. The main reason is that Valve, by keeping the game up, would HAVE to abide by Origin's business terms. Which would suck dick.

>>98929926
>game gets removed from Steam because policies
>"Now that Gaben has essentially killed off PC gaming, what console will you be getting?"

You mad? Game didnt vanish into thin air, its still avaliable to play on PC its just not on Steam idiot.

How is PC gaming NOT dead after this? EA games are all PC had left.

Where's the source fucktards

See what happens you fucking pirates? Now all big developers will want to have their own DD service. Thanks Valve. And seriously why shouldn't they, I don't see games like HalfLife Left 4 Dead and TF2 on D2D, Gamersgate and so on, why are people bitching about this? Honestly, the future of PC Gaming is going to be interesting as fuck, or will just be a fucking disaster. PC Gamer here by the way, before you start with the BS.

>Valve "pulls" game for whatever reason.
>Crysis 2 suddenly appears as ORIGIN EXCLUSIVE
>Costs $10 more
Yup, valve did it.

>>98931084
I thought that was Blizzard games?
You trolls are inconsistent.

Valve also removed the ability of purchaser of Crysis 2 on Steam to play or redownload the game. Really lame Gabe.

>>98931084
>EA games are all PC had left.

>>98930915
Idiot, thats not why people dont like Origin, read up and then spout your green shit.

>>98931086
Source of what? the OP? No idea, but if you check Steam, you will notice that Crysis 2 doesn't show anymore.

>>98931084
>EA games are all PC had left.
I'm sorry, WHAT? Valve, Blizzard, Ubisoft, Codemasters, the hundreds of excellent Indie games? None of those count?

god forbid somebody gives competition to gabe's fucking monopoly. for being master race, you pcfags are so fucking stupid. maybe now you'll actually get some games

>>98931297
They are getting refund idiot.

>Crysis 2
I couldn't give enough fucks if my life depended on it.

>>98931466
Em, that's not true, I would know, I have Crysis 2 on Steam.

>>98931391
>competition
>"competitor" removes game makes it exclusive to their store and makes the game cost $10 more.

>>98931391
> maybe now you'll actually get some games
What?

>>98931466
OH yeah, when? Because I haven't gotten one yet?

I bought a fucking subscription to Crysis 2, dammit I want it back.

Nice stunt, EA. That mean old Gabe took Crysis away from you because we supposedly violated his "rules." Bah! Fuck em. But you know what? All is not lost! You know Crysis 2 CD key you have? Head on over to Origin.com and redeem it there ;)

I heard from an anonymous source that Gaben wanted to put hats in it. EA refused and Gaben took the game from steam.

>>98931391
>EA cuts from Steam digital distribution making their own system
>"maybe now you'll actually get some games"

The fuck you on? They just stopped putting their games on Steam, that never had any impact on game development what so ever.

You are an idiot.

>>98931391
>EA Origin
>good games

Yeah, no.

>no source
>everyone flips their shit
I hate you sometimes /v/

>buying videogames

What's wrong with you people?

>>98931817

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/crysis-2-and-others-disappear-from-steam-eas-relationship-with-steam-u
nknown-updated/3382/

It's called google.

>One shitty game gets pulled because the company wants to open their own thing
OH GOD END OF PC GAMING AS WE KNOW IT
What the shit? Really? and why couldn't EA just do what gfwl do, and run along side steam? Its still shitty, but less shitty then having to make people choose from two different things.

>>98931391
Learn before you speak.
EA Origin's store is placing the item in question at 10$ more than Steam had it.

Ergo, the competition=good theory is kinda breaking down.

Steam is well known for amazing prices, tons of great deals and promotions and free stuff.Origins is made by -EA-.

Enough said.

>>98929926

>Crytek has an agreement with another download service which violates the new rules from Steam

So are all the Games for Windows Live games going to get taken off steam?

>Taking Crysis 2 off
>Now that Gaben has essentially killed off PC gaming


Boo-hoo?

>>98931692
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>>98931692
This, so hard. Notice how Valve doesn't give a fuck if games are also on D2D or any of the other download services, only EA's Origin.

And why? Undoubtedly because EA started some fucking bullshit like they're in the middle of pulling with BF3 that says unless you have it on Origin, you don't get additional content. Valve, of course, says "So now our customers don't get all the content they should? Fuck that."

And now we have this.

>Crysis 2
>Using Steam
>Caring about any of this

Go away.

>>98932195
>not caring about the industry

I sure hope you enjoy Justin Bieber video games.

What about Crysis Warhear and other EA games? Will they be removed at some point?

>>98931595
>>98931618
>>98931725
>make a competitive DRM malware service
>pc devs will now actually make an attempt at making games for pcfags to prefer one over the other
>won't have to resort to eating the scraps off the console table anymore

ITT: EA Damage Control

They're desperately trying to put the blame on yer olde Gaben so Steam will earn a bad reputation.

>Bad game removed
>SHITSTORRRRM.
No. Wondering if I should get crysis 1 though, looked beautiful.

>>98932407
>pc devs will now actually make an attempt at making games for pcfags to prefer one over the other
>developers making games to appeal to anyone but the CoD crowd.
>piracy will still give you the best experience out of any service.
lose-lose situation.

>>98932572

Crysis 1 and Warhead are good

>>98932650
Crysis wars has MECHWARRIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR.

>>98932650
inb4 they become available in Origin and get removed from Steam.

>>98932760
They will definitely do this and I will have to kill someone.

>>98932380
Doesn't make a bit of difference. Shitty games are becoming the most popular. Doesn't matter how many games you buy.

You can't stop the shit.

>>98932380
>implying video games need to be made by an "industry"

hey look, something that indicates EA told a boldfaced lie

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=22919187&postcount=70

>>98932572
It's not about the specific game. It's about the implications of what could come next. I'm really only looking forward to one or two games EA is publishing and I intend to play on PC.

>>98932407
None of what you just said makes any sense at all.

>>98932409
>EA makes new deal with other digital distributor that has conflicting policy with Steam
>Blame Steam for removing the game

Yeah only retards would read that as "STEAM REMOVED GAME? THEY BAAAAAD!" when its really "Steam removed game because EA conflicted policy of steam"

>>98932875
>there's no point in voting because it doesn't change anything

Logical fallacies, ahoy!

>remove a bad game from steam
>KILL PC GAMING

Jesus christ, Exaggeration much?

>>98932967
This is the reason why Steam is good service, they dont shit on Users,Developers,Fans because money is nothing when you dont have the people that spend it.

>>98931391
...monopoly? ....how......ho.......how is steam a monopoly?

This was ALL EAs doing.

"EA Insider Deals
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>people defending valve
why do they refuse to comment??

>>98932967
Wow, guys! What a surprise!

>>98929926

>Crytek has an agreement with another download service which violates the new rules from Steam

What about other games that are available on other services.. Like The Witcher, etc..?

>dat source

>>98933602
Yeah i think Origin trolls had lost their interest.

>>98932967
fuck Crytek
selling us $20 DLC

where is my DX11 patch? where is my destrcution and physics you promised in the tech demo? where is my sandbox editor that the Beta had?

>>98933684
It's all bullshit. They wanted to remove Crysis 2 from Steam and it's now $10 more on origin.

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EVERYONE, PIRATE EA TITLES.

THIS IS THEFT, ALLOW THEM TO GET FUCKED IN THE REAR FOR THIS.

>>98933873
It's probably going to be in next patch at Origin U MAD?

>Gaben is busy as fuck
>Just gets round to trying out Crysis 2
>Realises its complete and utter shit
>Gives EA some bullshit reason for getting that smear away from steam
Imokwiththis.jpg

>>98934192
you forgot to add that it'll be $0.99 for dx 11 patch

>>98932380
>Implying steam=the video game industry

Dumbass.

>not sourcing

okay there bud

>>98934131
but there's plenty of cool devs getting their games published by EA

are you going to get them bankrupt?

>>98934884
Then send those developers the money and leave EA to go broke.

>>98934785
>cant use fucking google
op should have sourced, but really now.
http://www.gamefront.com/ea-pulls-crysis-2-from-steam-say-its-origin-only/

>no source
>search quote on google to see if it's real
>find source
source asking people, was that so hard?

alternatively, scroll down a few posts

>oh no i can't get this game on steam that I have no intention of ever playing in my life!
>maybe I should buy a console!
>Gaben killed PC gaming

>Steam stops selling Crysis 2 because of some rules OP didn't mention
>Now that Gaben has essentially killed off PC gaming
PFFFFTHAHAAHAHAHA

Wait
>buying Crysis 2
>implyign Crysis 2 is the best PC game
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>98934662
More like $9.99.

And it won't actually add any DX11 features

That's pretty fucking vague. I wouldn't be surprised if it was deliberate on EA's part.

Either way, whether it's Valve's fault or not, EA is an incredibly awful developer and I won't be touching Origin with a ten foot pole.

>>98933684
>What about other games that are available on other services.. Like The Witcher, etc..?

Valve doesn't give a shit about D2D or GOG. This is blatantly only in response to something shady regarding Origin.

>>98935510
The download limit on Origin most likely. That shit is a no go for Steam.

>>98933135
Depends on the country. If your opinion doesn't fit with the majority, you have no chance of winning anyway.

EA actually lets the dev keep their ips

>>98935002
>Go to source
>EA setting up their own download service called origin
>Google it
>mfw ill never go near the service if they offered me a doller for every MB i downloaded from there

>Crytek has an agreement with another download service

GEE I WONDER WHICH DOWNLOAD SERVICE THEY COULD BE TALKING ABOUT

>Implying I don't pirate everything.
>Implying any of this affects me in any way.

Stay classy, buyfags.

>>98935677

That's why Aristotle considered democracy a tyrannical form of government
Just because most people think something is right, etc., doesn't mean it is

>mfw ea directly states: This was not an EA decision or the result of any action by EA.
>valvedrones still suckling on gabe's nipples

it's really not that hard to comprehend, guys

>Crysis 2 gets pulled from Steam, everyone assumes it's EA's fault
>/v/: "OMG FUCK ORIGIN, PIECE OF SHIT, TRYING TO COMPETE WITH GLORIOUS STEAM BY MAKING THEIR GAMES EXCLUSIVE TO ORIGIN, MOTHERFUCKERS"

>EA says that Valve pulled Crysis 2 because Steam is trying to set itself up as a monopoly
>/v/: "LOL WHO GIVES A SHIT, CRYSIS 2 WAS A PIECE OF CONSOLIZED SHIT, LOLOLOL WHO CARES"

>>98936265
Unpopped cherry!?
LETS HAVE SOME FUCKING MORE OF THAT!

>>98936320
>EA Says
No, they didn't say anything. Some random faggot on 4chan made up a bunch of shit and you believed it.

>>98936292
>something happens that causes Valve to put Crysis 2
>10 seconds later
>CRYSIS 2 ORIGIN EXCLUSIVE!
>game is $10 more
>EA insider promotion with change to get crysis 2 @ 40-50% off
>Crytek employees state that they aren't responsible for Valve removing Crysis 2 and it was something to do with EA, and that they love Valve.

EA fucking purposely did this shit.

>>98936292
>>98936320
ITT: Faggots come in at the last second and don't read anything that's been posted in the thread, but still act like they know what they're talking about.

>>98929926

you're making absolutely no sense at all im afraid.

>>98936720
steam won't comment so it's safe to assume they're probably at fault

>>98937191

They're probably just late like with everything

>>98937191
>implying Steam is an entity
>implying there's any reason for them to comment
>implying you aren't an idiot

>New Rules of Steam
>New Rules of Steam
>New Rules of Steam
obviously they didn't want to agree to the new terms

>>98937313
>>98937461
for the time being, steam is the bad guy unless they can prove otherwise.

>>98937757
See
>>98936702

>>98937757
because EA said so?
they didn't even explain what happened and you will just buy it?

>>98937757

Except there's clear reason for them not being the "bad guy":
They've done absolutely nothing about any other games that appear on multiple online services.

>>98937933
GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT

EA is terrible. I don't even need to look into this to know it's their fault. Pretty much everything EA does is bad for the video game industry.

>>98938188
This. I just have a hard time believing EA is completely innocent.

I love Valve. I hate EA. I use Steam a lot.

But it is frightening how some people seem to want Steam to be a monopoly. Competition is healthy for the business, bros.

>>98938893
How exactly is their competition when EA did something to willingly violate a Steam agreement, then jacked up the price of crysis 2 $10 and isn't allowing their new games on Steam? If you told me that EA left their shit on steam for the regular price and put it on their store for $10 more then I'd be like "whatever". As it is now, all new EA games are Origin exclusive and you can't get them anywhere else.

>>98938893
Steam has competition via D2D, GOG, and shit like that. Origin isn't competition, it's just exclusive moneygrubbing on the part of EA.

So then EA is back to their old habits and with BF3 right around the corner too.

Skipping out entirely on BF3, fuck this shit.

>>98939137
>>implying D2D or Activemark is significant competition
>>implying GoG isn't mostly about the fucking title of the site

>>98939601
Still a competition, significant or not, Origin is more like an EA exclusive store or something, Origin doesn't carry any other games except EA's.

>>98937837
>>98937916
>>98937933
>This was not an EA decision or the result of any action by EA.

that's a pretty clear cut and solid statement from ea, what has steam said to make you defend them? steam IS the bad guy so far

>>98939999
They were trying to blame Crytek as the ones that fucked up and steam had to pull the game. Crytek dev already stated that they did no such thing and that they are supporters of valve and are looking into what happened.

Fact : The second the game was "pulled" by Valve, it appeared on Origin as AN ORIGIN EXCLUSIVE GAME, that cost $10 more than it did on Steam.

Why the fuck would Valve WANT to remove games from Steam? That's their main way to make money.

Soooooo, does this Origin shit even have an offline mode? You know, since it's a straight cut and paste of Steam and doesn't even try to innovate.

>>98941575
It's more like a profile/game registration service. Once you install the game you can close the program and never bother with it again.

Right, but is that true for digital downloads?

>>98942133
Fuck. I was asking >>98941665

>>98942133
From what I've read so far, yes. I will try mirror's edge. Give me a second.

>>98942281
Hmmm yeah, Origin is just EA download manager so nothing's changed relaly.

>>98942685
hopefully it will stay this way... I already dont want to bother with BF3 due this bullshit exclusive preorder region locked DLC
If I had preordered I would have already canceled it

EA removed Alice from Steam, Steam simply retorted. That said, this does make me highly suspicious of Steam's business practices and I'm beginning to question whether they're abusing their almost monopolistic control of the market.

>>98943408
Welcome, I see you've read none of the thread so far.

Since they never removed The Witcher 2 from Steam, despite that it was a game that was also distributed on gog.com, then I guess the guys at EA are a bunch of lying cunts.

What a shame.

>>98943408
EA removed all their recent games from Steam. Origins has a download limit on their games, Steam does not. EA was probably trying to enforce said limitations on the steam copies of the game. Crytek isn't happy with the move and neither are all of the studios. Steam is BIG and for good reason. They are a central hub for games. Once publishers all have their own little hubs, it will go down the drain. Note that this only "affected" EA so far and not all the other guys, not even Microsoft who still have most of their GFWL games on Steam (they never offered some to begin with)

>>98943485
It's 140 damn posts of /v/'s "arguing," why would I bother reading that when I can just throw my two cents in and continue onward to other topics?

>>98929926
Amnesia general.
Did we all forget who EA is? Please consider the following..
>EA: undisputed greediest motherfuckers in gaming
>luring gamers to the Origin client with their exclusive big money titles
>EXCLUSIVE TITLES

You don't think they intend to charge a monthly sub? How long has steam been free and offered sweet deals? Yeah. Now SLAP YOUSELF!

>>98943715
Steam is big because it arrived first.

They were trying to pull exactly the same thing EA pulled with Origin: forcing people to use their service to play their own games.

Why can't companies copy off from Valve?

>buying games
Youre problems.

>>98943934
They can try to copy all they want. That doesn't mean we have to like it. Unlike most other companies, Valve has a good reputation among PC gamers.

Microsoft tried to pull that shit off too when they first released GFWL. That shit ended up going nowhere. Not having your games on the most popular distribution service is butchering your own sales.

Origin is debuting as a direct competitor of Steam. It really doesn't matter if EA pulled the game or Steam pulled the game because either or is a good business decision.

If you has, say, a store and the producer of one of the products you sold on your shelves came over and told you that they were going to go into direct competition with you...would you still carry that product? Of course not. Makes perfect sense. I don't see why this is being so sensationalized.

>>98944180
>That doesn't mean we have to like it.

So, what's the problem? If enough people dislike the service, it will be eventually taken down.

>last night
>FUCK EA, FUCK EA, VALVE DOES NO WRONG
>ORIGIN IS OVER, THEY HAVE CLAUSES THAT ALLOW THEM TO REMOVE THEIR GAME FROM YOU LIST ps: steam has even worse clauses

>tonight
>W-WELLLL! I-IT'S NOT LIKE IT WAS A G-GOOD GAME OR ANYTHING! Y-YOU WERE DONE A FAVOR

>>98944387
The problem is not having a real alternative. If you want to buy new EA games you HAVE to get them off origin. Steam isn't an option anymore. Not even microsoft pulled this shit.

>>98944299
>I have competion wat do?
> I'll stop competing and insure that I get no profit whatsoever from this product!
Wut?

>>98944606
>If you want to buy new EA games you HAVE to get them off origin
no you don't
you can buy them off any non-steam source
direct2drive, hard copy, whatever you want

you have to INSTALL origin, but nothing is going to make you run it again after installation
the same cannot be said of buying a retail game box of a game that uses steamworks for drm, you'll have to launch steam EVERY time

>>98944816
Origin is new
its the re branded EADM
if you have ever used it you would know it is shit
>but nothing is going to make you run it again after installation
that wont be for long

>>98945077
>that wont be for long
a baseless, childish attitude
keep your belief in the boogeyman, he's coming to get you too

>>98945077
>that wont be for long

You assume this, because?

>inb4 EA is eeeviillll

>>98944897
>>98944816
why u do dis

>>98945332
>>98945342
ten-post-TOLD-technique

>>98944816
>no you don't
>you can buy them off any non-steam source
>direct2drive, hard copy, whatever you want

I already have origin installed (it's EADM), I want steam to manage all my games even if they use GFWL or anything else. Direct2Drive uses it's own weird shit which cause problems for certain games (bethesda crap and mods), I don't want a hard copy and I don't want to have to go back and forth checking between multiple retailers for sales and shit. It's inconvenient and ultimately more trouble than it's worth.

Having origin opened or closed as well as steam aren't the issue here at all. I have 8GB of RAM, and steam takes like 100MB if anything.

Competition is as many digital retailers as possible selling the same games for competitive prices trying to earn my hard earned cash.

>Steam has imposed a set of business terms for developers hoping to sell content on that service – many of which are not imposed by other online game services

oh, so I could buy Activision products using EA's Origin service which Activision wants to keep exclusive to whatever shitty digital distribution method they use? Awesome

>>98945433
game->same
i don't mind correcting my posts, since you know /v/ loves to pick apart trivial shit like that rather than address the topic at hand

>>98945604
>I want steam to manage all my games even if they use GFWL or anything else.
[add non-steam game...]
>I don't want a hard copy and I don't want to have to go back and forth checking between multiple retailers for sales and shit
you don't have to
nobody is forcing you to
you never have to launch origin again

>Competition is as many digital retailers as possible selling the same games for competitive prices trying to earn my hard earned cash.
when valve wanted to compete with direct2drive, valve didn't have any 3rd party titles available while direct2drive had only third party (obviously)
you gave valve a chance to expand, what's the issue here?

>>98945342
>>98945332
look at what they are doing to BF3 and tell me it isnt a possibility

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>My fucking face when you don't even need to run Origin to play your games
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>>98945931
did i miss something new?
what happened to bf3

cause as last i saw, there were some preorder items that make you deal LESS damage or are purely cosmetic
though apparently the redditretards got all up in arms over it and spammed 4chan into a shitstorm, when nobody gave a shit about it more than two weeks prior

>>98946154
>>98946154
I seriously wish the Valve defense force realized that this has already been confirmed. Origin does not need to run while you are playing unlike Steam.

Bullshit, there are shitloads of games on steam that are on other services.

>>98945931
It can't be worse than what Valve did to Portal 2.

>>98946154
So, why the fuck would I need origin anyway ? EA already has a store.

It's sounds like they're preparing for a lock-down system, but just not yet ready.

>>98946303

That's some great conjecture, care to put up a source?