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A note on Develop has further indications that Battlefield 3 will not be released through Steam, as speculation mounts that DICE's military shooter sequel will not appear on Valve's download service. They quote a comment from a report from financial research firm Baird based on a meeting with GameStop: "The upcoming EA title Battlefield 3 will be sold as a download through GameStop, but not through Steam," Baird says GameStop executives told them. "Given Steam's dominance – and insistence on users downloading a Steam client application – publishers are likely to be receptive to a competitive alternative." Thanks Computer and Video Games.

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Re: More on BF3 and Steam

Jul 19, 2011, 00:14

Slashman

Beamer wrote on Jul 19, 2011, 00:02: Jerykk makes good points. Steam has a much, much larger user base. Multiple times larger. And many are like me and hate installing things and won't play a game if it requires installing a different service. I'll admit it's bad, as it makes Steam too powerful, but I don't care enough to change an easy habit. All this does is guarantee BF3 sells better on consoles by hampering PC sales. Other than that I really can't figure out why this went to 188 posts. I skimmed incredibly briefly and no one seems to be making a very coherent argument other than Jerykk, who doesn't seem to care much one way or another and just accepts there will be lessened sals. Whatever. DICE games always control like garbage trucks. Hey, I drove a garbage truck in Just Cause 2 the other day and...well...it was pretty bad actually. ...But I pulled down a Baby Panay statue with it!!!

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