Thrasher
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Moriender, the delusional and paranoid don't listen to reason and ignore facts that contradict their world view. I wouldn't waste time with them.
Again about store…
Why would he do the search? You should.
Go on some of sites he mentioned, for example Sims 4 on G2A is currently 30 bucks and on EA store it's 40 (because current 33% discount, otherwise it's 50).
Sims 4 is not available in Valve's store, OMG, such a big deal there is one place you can't buy it and who cares for it being available (almost) everywhere else.
But it's the damned store, not client that lurks in your tray bar. Why are we discussing stores here? We have a nice and shiny Pricewatch thread for that.
Bethesda.net will not be used as a store. It'll be just another lurker in the tray bar.
And your point is?
I mean I'm sorry, I don't know if EA released any other game since DA:I nor care(d) as their next RPG ME4 is planned for end2016/start2017 interval.
There simply is not any substantial price competition for current (less than six months or so) EA games whether you understand it or not. Go search those re-sellers you listed for substantial price competition for current EA games. As stated above, EA maintains tight control over pricing.
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EA keeps tight price control for current games.
So? They are just doing what every publisher does. Who do you think makes the prices on Steam? Valve? Please. The publishers dictate the prices of their products, of course. Every publisher on Steam from EA to Ubi to Take2 puts up their own prices and when there's sales they get a heads-up from Valve to put in their prices for the sale. Valve might make pricing recommendations (for indies mostly) but they don't set the final price. That's up to each individual publisher.
And for the third time: Contrary to Valve or Blizzard, you at least have a chance to buy many of EA's games on e.g. Steam, GOG or uPlay while Origin also sells many UbiSoft and other publishers' games (and indies, too).
With regard to digital client stores, Valve games are 100% exclusive to Steam. Blizzard games are 100% exclusive to Battle.net.
Now *that* is tight price control. It is ludicrous to single out EA here who are actually more open than their competitors with their own games.
Also, I already gave a recent game example with Star Wars Battlefront (SWBF). The game was released in November last year for $60 and went on sale in January for $30. On Origin.
Dragon Age Inquisition GOTY was released in October 2015 for $60 and went on sale for $30 around xmas. On Origin.
As for third parties, well, just head over to G2A and filter by platform (Origin). Tons and tons of cheap keys for recent EA games. SWBF can be had for €23.49 or FIFA 16 for €27.76.
Same on e.g. CDKeys.com, of course, where SWBF is €21.49 or Mirror's Edge Catalyst (preorder!) is €35.99 or FIFA 16 is €26.49 etc. etc. etc.
Valve's games can be bought in other shops. They run deals through GMG a few times a year, often cheaper than on Steam.
The main problem I have with Origin is that the DLC seems to be never on discount. Whenever they have a bundle it seems something is missing in it. (Which is a well known strategy from retail. How often do you see book sales for 3 EUR with lots of interesting fantasy and sci-fi books. Then if you look a bit closer you see that maybe part 1 and 4 of a series are on sale, but not numbers 2 and 3.)
While I agree that competition is probably a good thing, I do also like to have my games conveniently in as few places as possible. Then there's also the chance of download services getting shut down (e.g. Games for Windows Live or Desura), and while that's theoretically also possible for Steam, it is at this point highly unlikely.
I have nothing against Origin as a platform these days but I do hate that fact EA (yes they own Origin) never bundles DLC.
Like I said, it's theoretically possible that Steam might go down at some point in the future, but currently it seems much more likely that I'd lose my few Origin or Uplay games instead.This is actually a an argument for having multiple platforms. Don't put all yours eggs in one basket etc.