Acleacius wrote on Aug 7, 2011, 00:30:
It's really hard to believe some are supporting ea,
I support the developments where I end up having more choices. Steam's forcing of its storefront with each game sold, changing the format of the game files, and forcing a third party launcher are things that make it one of the most annoying forms of DRM.
I like digital download stores like Impulse, Amazon and Origin a lot more than Steam, because they sell the games in their original form, which can be installed, patched and run without any launcher or utility. I am basically just buying the entire contents of the retail DVD-ROM. That's a great model.
And even if I had no bias in this debate, it'd still be hard to pick Valve's side in this debate, when it's Valve whose own games are only sold through Steam, unlike EA which is making games available on all the digital retail channels where they are allowed.