StingingVelvet wrote on Jul 18, 2011, 17:23:
I'm pretty sure that's the kind of thing that annoys people like me, to be honest. I don't hold Valve up in some high regard on these things. I think they are just as much about their bottom line as any other company and they are pushing DRM, games as a service, company control over the product at all times and DLC as much as any other company.
It annoys you that some people are picking sides when you're doing the same thing? EA has done none of those things you mentioned and and worse? Does it matter what side we're on anyway? The consumer caught in the middle can only go with who has supported them in the past and I doubt the answer is EA for many people.
You are also aware that EA is doing this to push Origin, their new extra client that you need to run
You don't need to run it to play the games downloaded from the service but if EA has their way you will certainly need to run it to buy their games which they only want you to buy from them.