Origin Does Panicky About-Face

eunoia · 11-27-2012, 02:04 AM

Last summer's attempt to coerce Steam into forming an illegal combine and fix prices for games failed so it seems if you can't beat 'em, (try to) join 'em:

http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...ms-Origin-boss

You can read about Origin's radical new strategy in their advertisement in the Techgage news feed.

madmat · 11-27-2012, 01:27 PM

Are you talking about the cyber Monday sale? Origin's head honcho said they would have sales but not be doing price drops on games just because they get older. Or at least that's what I took away from it.

eunoia · 11-27-2012, 01:43 PM

O.K. I'm exaggerating a bit for effect, but Battlefield 3 at $19.99 is pretty much the definition of:

"Obviously they think it's the right thing to do after a certain amount of time. I just think it cheapens your intellectual property."

Hypocrite. Too bad it's not available on Steam.

Rob Williams · 11-27-2012, 05:16 PM

Don't forget that Origin had a Black Friday sale before this entire mess went down:

http://techgage.com/news/ea_marks_do..._black_friday/

At that time, I bought Need for Speed: The Run for 50% off a mere week after the game came out.

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11-27-2012, 01:27 PM	#2
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,636	Are you talking about the cyber Monday sale? Origin's head honcho said they would have sales but not be doing price drops on games just because they get older. Or at least that's what I took away from it. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

11-27-2012, 01:43 PM	#3
eunoia Partition Master Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Outside Poker Flat Posts: 305	O.K. I'm exaggerating a bit for effect, but Battlefield 3 at $19.99 is pretty much the definition of: "Obviously they think it's the right thing to do after a certain amount of time. I just think it cheapens your intellectual property." Hypocrite. Too bad it's not available on Steam. __________________ Cooler Master HAF X - Thermaltake Toughpower W0178RU 850W - Gigabyte G1.Assassin - Intel Core i7 930 - Noctua NH-U12P SE2 - Kingston HyperX Red 1600 3X4GB - XFX 6850 - 2 X SAMSUNG DVD SH-S223L - WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB - WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB - Acer AL2216W - Tt eSports Challenger - Logitech MX 620 - Win 7 Pro x64

11-27-2012, 05:16 PM	#4
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