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Origin Sale; EA Calls Service "A Huge Success"

There's a big sale on the Origin Store celebrating the first anniversary of the launch of EA's online store. They are offering a 40% discount on several PC digital download special editions. Also, MCV notes a Q&A from last week on GameSpot with EA's David DeMartini, who calls the service's first year "a huge success." He also offers a criticism of Origin's stickiness, saying this is something they need to address going forward. "Being self-critical of Origin, I would say it's not sticky enough. And we want to put features in place where we fully take advantage of your friends lists and gameplay activities amongst all of your friends so you can compare achievements," he says. "We want you to be able to challenge your friends, and to challenge your friends to play other EA games to try and achieve things that might even be across EA games. A lot of people are loyal to us and we need to reward them with that stickiness, so we're looking in that direction."

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6. Re: Origin Sale; EA Calls Service Jun 18, 2012, 10:58 J
 
Rattlehead wrote on Jun 18, 2012, 10:50:
J wrote on Jun 18, 2012, 10:48:
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What a deep, insightful comment. Definitely going to make me change my ways of thinking from now on. I never thought of things like that.
And I managed to successfully condense it into a solitary emoticon, too!
 
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5. Re: Origin Sale; EA Calls Service Jun 18, 2012, 10:56 ASeven
 
Didn't Origin's boss said a few weeks ago they would never do deep discounts since it cheapens IP? Way to contradict yourself and be a hypocrite in a short time!  
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4. Re: Origin Sale; EA Calls Service Jun 18, 2012, 10:50 Rattlehead
 
J wrote on Jun 18, 2012, 10:48:
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What a deep, insightful comment. Definitely going to make me change my ways of thinking from now on. I never thought of things like that.
 
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3. Re: Origin Sale; EA Calls Service Jun 18, 2012, 10:48 J
 
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2. Re: Origin Sale; EA Calls Service Jun 18, 2012, 10:46 Rattlehead
 
I'm just gonna stop by and say I've never had a problem with Origin. I guess this makes me an EA fanboy/fucking idiot...  
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1. Re: Origin Sale; EA Calls Service Jun 18, 2012, 10:37 StingingVelvet
 
The only reason I ever bought a game on Origin other than EA titles is because it is "less sticky" than Steam, i.e. I could ignore Origin and backup the game files. If it becomes more "sticky" like Steam then I will find less and less reason to use it when not forced to.

I guess amazon and gamersgate are the services aiming for "less sticky" though, and they will continue to be my favorites.
 
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