EA blames Steam for games being pulled
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Weasley
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I wonder what those restrictions are? Maybe steam have a good reason to have them?
Basically, EA wants to be allowed to SPAM any and all users who have any of their games installed via Steam, With advertisements of their DLC, other titles, new releases, etc etc etc.
The biggest No-no, as far as my research could find, is that Steam has been removing the games that spam an advert for Origin.
Of friggin course I have a problem with it if you spam me like that, Dumbass EA!!!
Graal
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Okay, no wait, I understand a bit better now.
Steam takes 30% of the money from all sales through Steam. EA wants to sell DLC in-game, and that way, Steam doesn't get a cut at all. While it might seem greedy on Steam's part, look at it this way. Steam is going to host the content for DLC they don't get money for, meaning Steam loses out (very menial, I'll agree) costs on bandwidth.
Now, I personally don't think it's irrational to demand that a game bought from Steam, will need to have it's DLC bought through Steam either.
Steam takes 30% of the money from all sales through Steam. EA wants to sell DLC in-game, and that way, Steam doesn't get a cut at all. While it might seem greedy on Steam's part, look at it this way. Steam is going to host the content for DLC they don't get money for, meaning Steam loses out (very menial, I'll agree) costs on bandwidth.
Now, I personally don't think it's irrational to demand that a game bought from Steam, will need to have it's DLC bought through Steam either.
Isengard
No Hobbits Allowed
There's two sides to this story, though I wouldn't say either are in the right here. Steam don't want games that they host to be used as distribution mediums for DLC.
EA is pushing the DLC through the DA2 menu (in game), so what this means is they don't then need to use Steam as a middle man to sell the DLC. Steam obviously takes issue with this since well, they lose potential profit from this type of system. So there exists a clause in their distribution agreement that devs cannot push DLC through means that bypass the Steam distribution channel.
This is why Crysis 2 and DA2 got pulled.
Both companies are being greedy here, EA for purposely pulling this stunt to set a bad light on Steam and Steam for using every avenue to generate profit off the developers.
EA is pushing the DLC through the DA2 menu (in game), so what this means is they don't then need to use Steam as a middle man to sell the DLC. Steam obviously takes issue with this since well, they lose potential profit from this type of system. So there exists a clause in their distribution agreement that devs cannot push DLC through means that bypass the Steam distribution channel.
This is why Crysis 2 and DA2 got pulled.
Both companies are being greedy here, EA for purposely pulling this stunt to set a bad light on Steam and Steam for using every avenue to generate profit off the developers.
Graal
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Yeah, but you have to understand, if somebody buys content for a game hosted on your distribution platform, you'd expect to get a cut of that profit. It's not being greedy. If that clause was not in place, nobody would sell their DLC through Steam, and Steam would end up hosting content from which they make no money at all.