Dades wrote on Aug 6, 2011, 22:04:
Well good. So explain to me why it is okay for Valve to sell their games exclusively on one digital store and directly sell DLC and in-game items to their customers while it is bad for EA to do the same thing. Not even the same thing, since you can buy EA's games on Gamersgate and Direct2Drive as well.
Wait... that's someone else's opinion? So you are okay with it?
As for the differences you cite yes, they are different. One has shareholders and one does not, that is the main difference. Still I don't see why that means one understands sales or lowering prices as a way to move units regardless of store competition and the other does not.