Crysis 2 Steam Crisis, Origin Exclusivity Planned?

This Crysis 2 Product Page on EA.com has a link to the game on Origin using a "buy now" button that says "only on Origin." In keeping with that there is a discussion on the Steam Users' Forums about how the first-person shooter sequel is no longer available on Valve's online service. On the other hand, as noted in sflufan's NeoGAF post, as of this writing the game is still for digital distribution on Amazon, Direct2Drive, GamersGate, and Impulse, so we'll have to keep an eye on them. It is also noted that Alice: Madness Returns is likewise not available on Steam, but is on other services, so perhaps there's some sort of Steam/Origins turf war brewing. Thanks nin via Kotaku.
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noman wrote on Jun 15, 2011, 00:42:
I like this development. Steam's DRM (in how it ties a game to an account, and makes giving the game to others impractical) is quite bad. Alternate services such as Impulse, GFWL, Amazon Dl or even EA DM (now Origin) are much better in giving customers more option in how to install (and patch) a product. Basically all these services, make the entire DVD-ROM content available, and it's up to you how and where to install the game, and which of the publicly available patches you can apply.

I wish more developers follow this route and go to non Steamworks DRM (or NO DRM).

You must work for EA, because I actually spat up some of my coffee here when I read that spiel. You're serious, aren't you? Wow.

You do realize you can't re-sell games on *any* Digital service, including Origin, right? You just punctured a hole through your own argument.

Also if we look at every DRM solution out there Steamworks is by far the most flexible. Heck, I have several of my steam games installed on multiple PCs and of the 5 PCs I own, four of them never allow Steam to go "online", thus ensuring I can have multiple copies of the same game installed on every PC. I just copy saved game files over and uncheck the "cloud" option.

How many DRM schemes would let me do that? Without having to run "installation revoking" utilities?
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