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That's right folks. As some of you may know BF3 will not be on steam. Where will it be you may ask? In order to play Battlefield 3, you will need EA's digital distribution client, Origin. Not only do you need it if you want to buy Battlefield 3 digitally, but also if you buy the retail disc. This is all because EA fell into bad terms with Steam after violating some of their terms. It all started with Crysis 2, then Dragon Age 2, and now Battlefield 3. This couldn't have come at a better time for EA, since they just launched Origin. For fellow Steam followers, hopefully this does not stay permanent.
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fistymcbeefpunch wrote 272 Days Ago (neutral) 0bf3: not on steam. only one char per account. no server browser (you have to alt tab out to be able to switch servers via a web based application.) WTF EA?
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Reever wrote 273 Days Ago (neutral) 0Wow. That is going to make people not want to play BF3.
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Penfold42 wrote 274 Days Ago (neutral) 0and now, no in-game server browser: http://bf3blog.com/2011/08/battlefield-3-pc-version-wont-have-in-game-server-browser/
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neuromancer wrote 276 Days Ago (neutral) 0The problem for me is that Valve has been working on Steam for 7-8 years, and while I respect EA's resources, there's no way they're going to be able to beat Steam with the short amount of time they've spent on Origin. On top of that, they're only selling games by EA, which means that someone would HAVE to have some other digital download service on their computer to play games from any other publisher. If they want to compete, they're going to need to actually allow other publishers on their store, something I can't see them doing any time soon.
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Penfold42 wrote 277 Days Ago (neutral) 0I aint liking that one little bit. Dont need another digital distribution client. Already have two and that's one too many I say.
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