Oh hey, I finally found a statement from Valve about the whole EA/Valve thing (thanks Reddit). Haven't read it yet but I figured I'd post it here since BF3 is involved in this whole thing.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...A-to-come-back
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Oh hey, I finally found a statement from Valve about the whole EA/Valve thing (thanks Reddit). Haven't read it yet but I figured I'd post it here since BF3 is involved in this whole thing.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...A-to-come-back
hmm...
I haven't preordered yet; I'm waiting til the last second before doing so in case it pops up on Steam.
Sidenote: I went on EA's live chat support 2 days ago and asked if BF3 would ever be on Steam; the response was something along the lines of "We have no information regarding whether or not BF3 will be on Steam." Got my hopes up a little because they didn't flat out say "No." And before I get jumped on for being a Steam fanboy or something, I just want to be clear that although I basically am a Steam fanboy, I'll be getting BF3 either way. I've had experience with Steam, Origin and EADM back in the day, and I just think Steam's a thousand times more convenient/efficient than EA's services, and would prefer to have my games on there instead of Origin.
Nobody here is going to attack you. We all love Steam and many of us don't mind using Origin. Many others are being negative just for the sake of being negative. But the issue is a bit more complicated than that. EA support is inconsistent at best for information. Some people they've told that it'll be on Steam only AFTER release, some they told they have no information regarding the matter, some others they flat out told that BF3 won't be on steam. With EA's stupid way of distributing DLC I can't see BF3 hitting Steam at all until they learn to stop being greedy and support Steam for all the success it has given to BC2.
Wait.....WHAT.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit
Probably just using the EA servers, so it'll still suck.
I preordered a disc version.
If it does come to Steam though, I might re-buy it during a massive sale. BC2 did sell for $6.80 less than a year after release, so it's quite possible.
October 25 can't come soon enough :/
Also: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/mod...are-34352.html
I like to think Activision/IW made that decision for the sole reason to take on BF3. But w/e not buying it, once bitten twice shy (black ops I'm looking at you). BF3 without Steam will still be a better game.
Though I do feel that MW3 is becoming more of a threat now. I want to see BF3 completely trash MW3, not come away with a narrow win.
+rep, I feel the exact same way. COD needs to die and prove that $60 on PC for a standard edition + sloppy $15 DLC is not cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warsaw
granted, BC2 Vietnam was also paid DLC but at least it felt more like a real expansion than the equivalent of five small downloads off Fileplanet.
If they can bring CoD back to something fresh I'd have no problem paying $50 for it. I dont' think that'll ever happen and I'd rather see it die. However, if you don't pre-order BF3 and what to play Back to Karkand, you're still gonna end up spending $60 + the $15 DLC. The difference is that you're getting more for what you paid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Buckshot