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News Free Shift 2 DLC announced for Origin

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 28 Jun 2011.

  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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  2. PQuiff

    PQuiff What's a Dremel?

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    Blaaaa....Last thing im doing is touching any more EA "steam a likes" got burned by EA downloader.
     
  3. leveller

    leveller Yeti Sports 2 - 2011 Champion!

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    Steam is more than just a shop, it is my portal to the PC gaming community and social gaming.

    I don't think splitting the Steam community/social side of PC gaming a very good idea, it will just fracture what we have and people will lose contact. I can't see how any other service will make PC gaming better, can anyone else?

    Unless of course you don't have mates ...

    edit: I just realised how off-topic this post was ... sorry, I just think EA, and no doubt soon-to-follow Activision splitting PC gaming into fractious minor communities is a fail all round.
     
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  4. Guest-16

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    Don't bother doing this EA, you won't win.

    Hypothetical question (since I don't own the game): Since it's free DLC, does that mean dling it on torrent or by other means is legal?
     
  5. r3loaded

    r3loaded Minimodder

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    Probably not in a literal interpretation of the law. In practice, they'd be mad to try any sort of legal action. In a similar vein, I feel that downloading paid-for software (without cracks or keygens) from torrents is justifiable if you already have a legit license for that software.
     
  6. Bede

    Bede Minimodder

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    Yes, quite evidently from this article - free DLC is always nice and now EA is having to incentivise users to use its service we can only benefit from it.

    Fracturing of the community is all very well but as far as I can see all the Steam community does is bitch horrendously on the forums. Communities form around games, not around game providers. The PC community is already hugely fragmented; a necessary result from over 15 years of high quality releases. This is a good thing, not a bad thing.
     
  7. enciem

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    That would be fair enough if it weren't coming off the back of a game that didn't work for a lot of people for over a month after release (still doesn't for some). This is a kick in the teeth to those who bought the game through their own channel of choice and would like to stick with it.
     
  8. V3ctor

    V3ctor Tech addict...

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    It just arrived from Amazon... Bought it last week with a 50% discount, and now free DLC... I'm anxious to play this game
     
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    I don't see them bet steam for one EA doesn't have a good reputation to start with so to go against steam who everyone loves ain't gonna work this seems like a cheap stunt after TF2 being made free.
     
  10. greypilgers

    greypilgers What's a Dremel?

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    So what happens when DLC for a game that is played over the internet as a multiplayer is released ONLY on Origin, or whatever else comes next? Does that effectively mean that we will have two groups of people with essentially the same game on the same platform, but who can never play each other because the DLC part of the game is not available to one group? That just sounds absolutely daft. I really hope we don't end up with THAT kind of situation. Perhaps what we will most likely see if some free DLC for EA games on Origin, etc, and on other providers that same DLC will cost something instead.

    Anyone else think the same?
     
  11. Yslen

    Yslen Lord of the Twenty-Seventh Circle

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    I'm actually pretty darn pleased with this news. I was annoyed at EA for not releasing the DLC and now they give it out for free.

    Granted, I have to mess about with their online store to get it, but perhaps if EA manage to grow Origin in to a real threat to Steam the competition will drive prices down. At the moment I'm still buying everything from Amazon, unless it's in a Steam sale.

    Definitely looking forward to playing the DLC, I have been since I got the game.
     
  12. schmidtbag

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    i'll download origin just for the game, but i'm not going to buy anything from it. i'm bored out of my mind, i need something to do. if this sucks then i'll just uninstall all of it.
     
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    erratum1 What's a Dremel?

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    Free dlc, and the comments are from Steam fanboys raging.
     
  14. will_123

    will_123 Small childs brain in a big body

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    Competition is healthy. Steam are going to have to deal with it. Like people have said steam isnt just where we buy games its more than that. If EA rivals it with something good then fair play. I just find i will pay a bit extra to and centralise my games with steam even if I could get it from somewhere for cheaper.

    PC gamers are the hardest of all people to please and do not like change so it will be a hard job for EA.
     
  15. leveller

    leveller Yeti Sports 2 - 2011 Champion!

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    You're confusing a supermarket with Marks & Spencer. Steam sells EVERYONES games, EA will only offer their own. If Activision follow EA, then they will sell their own games as well. There is NO competition, they will charge whatever they want to.
     
  16. enciem

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    well it was released on steam anyway so I guess it isn't the beginning of a trend
     
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