charmingcharlie wrote...
If those methods are used then again you are justifying EA's stand on using Origin to protect it's property. Look you cannot "have your cake and eat it here" I am afraid it is one of those situations where you either "put up or shut up". The only way to deal with Origin and send a clear message to EA is to avoid Mass Effect 3 and any other product from EA. No half measures, no dodgy shenanigans just nice and simple "EA I am not touching your products at all till you remove Origin".
Now if enough people had the balls to do that you would soon see EA thinking that Origin is a bad idea and then you could "have your cake and eat it too". We could easily get Mass Effect 3 with no Origin requirement but to do that means you will have to make a few small sacrifices, however from posts on this topic most are not willing to do that so Origin is here to stay.
I agree that Origin software is a bad idea, especially for a single player game. I am opposed to it. I also have the CE on pre-order with Amazon.ca, which I can cancel at any time or even return (unopened) to Amazon for refund at no cost, since they will even provide a postage prepaid label. I had Deus Ex on pre-order and found Steam was mandaotry. Back it went, no cost and I got a prompt refund.
So it's to my advantage to wait for more information; namely official word if Origin is mandatory or not, information on whether using Sandboxie is legal and will resolve some of my concerns. It's also to my advantage to be able to kill that pre-order because EA likes pre-orders. But I have no doubt that a CE version won't sit long at amazon if I cancel. My guess is that EA will force all DLC through Origin for PC users as a way of making Origin mandatory.
However, as to sending a message to EA. It's unlikely it will have any effect on EA policy. Somewhere EA decided to go with Origin and even a few thousand people deciding not to purchase ME 3 won't make any difference given how much money is at stake for EA to not only gain market share but perhaps even corner it on some platforms. So complaining about Origin is 'almost' pointless, yet your complaints should be aimed at the people in EA and BioWare who can do something about it -- forum mods don't make policy. I did write to EA with a copy to Mr. Hudson, some time ago voicing my concerns; zero answer from either. But a lot of sincere letters, phone calls to the right people, has more weight than empty rants in this forum. We're the only people reading them and most of us agree with them already.
As to purchasing ME 3. I probably will, so I can finish off the series and because of the time I've already invested and because I want to; it probably won't be with the CE version since that has a lot of DLC with it and I'll wait for the price to drop well after the release date. As to supporting EA beyond that; no. I no longer agree with all the added baggage with many games from most publishers now, both on the PC and consoles. I don't like the direction BioWare has been going with the DA series and ME 3 is the final, so that's the end of the line for me. I suspect it may be the end of an era. Perhaps eventually, enough people will give up on EA games but by then the industry will have shifted again. If there's hope it will be with the indie developers, assuming they don't get bought out. For me, there's always things to do that doesn't involve computer games.
Modifié par CenturyCrow, 08 janvier 2012 - 10:32 .
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