AW: Mass Effect 3: Origin ist Pflicht - Steam wird nicht unterstützt
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Hab dort auch mal meinen Senf hinterlassen, findet sich auf S.14:
"Mass Effect 3 is not currently available on Steam. This may change in the future, but complaining to BioWare/EA that it is not on Steam will not help. We continue to work with Steam/Valve to make Mass Effect 3 available on Steam."
I know it is pointless to complain about this issue, but I still will state my disappointment about this decision by EA, to let them know that I, as one of their customers, won't go along with that.
It is very obvious that the decision to not publish the game on Steam is basically EAs fault, thinking giving Valve a ~30% share for the DLCs that would have to be sold through Steam as well would be too much of lost money ....
So, since this is mainly an issue about lost money: My money for ME3 is lost for EA, sad but true. I'd instantly pre-order the game (as Digital Deluxe Edition, if available) through Steam. But since there is no option to purchase it at my prefered store, and on top of that is enforcing me to use Origin, I will quit on the idea purchasing ME3 for PC (which is pretty sad, since I pre-ordered both prequels, ME2 through Steam).
But, because I do want to know how the story ends (and because I own a PS3 as well), I will just rent the PS3 version over a weekend and play the campaign ... which is not as satisfying as "continuing with my PC character", but it will work out somehow for me .... ~3 Euro renting fee for a weekend is fine, as long as I can avoid being domineered by EA.
~60€ for a sold copy for EA vs 3€ for a rented PS3 version for some video rental stores owner .... yeah, good thing you didn't gave Valve a 30% share for the DLCs, your stock holders will applause you for sure.
(Still: The game pops up at Steam - It's mine, so think about that. And there's MANY other ppl I know that think that way)