In the land of PC, Steam has reigned supreme as the digital download platform leader for many years. Obviously not wanting to be left out of the revenue share, or miss an opportunity to integrate crummy DRM, both EA and Ubisoft have launched their own online stores, in the forms of Origin and Uplay respectively.
EA has announced that Ubisoft titles are now available to purchase and download through Origin, kicking off with titles such as Assassin’s Creed III, Far Cry 3 and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction.
Likewise, Ubisoft has announced that EA titles are now available to download through the Uplay store, starting with Dead Space 3, FIFA Soccer 13, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Mass Effect 3, and The Sims 3.
Personally, I only use either of those “platforms” because I am forced to. Looking at their pricing, there is simply no reason to be purchasing games via either Origin or Uplay at this stage. Perhaps if they can begin to offer competitive prices and bundles, I’ll give it a second thought.
What do you think of Origin and Uplay as online store fronts?
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Just wish that I could add Far Cry 3 that I bought a month ago to origin. Would have been great as origin feels like it keeps my games safe a lot better than Uplay.
Was really annoyed when I bought a code for the game online and only then found out that you can’t add the game to Uplay and then download the game. If you want to add the game you have to install the game and then you can add the game.
Thats a really messed up system. I had to borrow a friend’s Far Cry 3 disks because of that retarded system.