EA has finally made an official statement about Battlefield 3 not launching on Steam, and it’s no big shocker – the publisher is blaming Valve’s “restrictive terms of service”.
If that sounds eerily familiar, it’s because they said the same thing about Dragon Age 2’s removal from the service less than two weeks ago. Also, the headline is almost exactly the same too. So’s the line about EA hoping to “work out an agreement” on the matter.
“EA offers games to all major download services,” writes EA staffer Seeson Mahathavorn on the company’s forums. “Unfortunately, Steam has adopted a set of restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content. No other download service has adopted these practices.
“We are intent on providing Battlefield 3 players with the best possible experience no matter where they purchase or play their game, and are happy to partner with any download service that does not restrict our ability to connect directly with our consumers. We hope to work out an agreement where Steam can carry Battlefield 3; meanwhile, gamers can pick from the more than 100 digital retailers listed at http://www.battlefield.com/digitaldownload, or go to http://www.origin.com.”
The drama started a month or so back when Crysis 2 was yanked from Steam, prompting speculation that EA had done so because they’d just launched their own digital download service. DUN DUN DAAAH!
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