[quote]Chris Priestly wrote...
4) Will ME3 be available on Steam?During initial release Mass Effect 3 will be available on Origin and a number of other 3rd party digital retailers, but not on Steam at this time. Steam has adopted a set of restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content. We are intent on providing Mass Effect to players with the best possible experience no matter where they purchase or play their game, and are happy to partner with any download service that does not restrict our ability to connect directly with our consumers. [/quote]
1. Steam doesn't limit your ability to patch, in fact, it automates it.
2. Steam doesn't limit your ability to offer DLC, there are a large number of Steam games with DLC. What it does is makes you give them a cut for using their service, which is perfectly understandable since you're using their servers and their bandwidth.
3. If you want to provide the best possible experience, perhaps you should've offered it on the best possible digital service? The one with 40 million users?
I also find it in very poor taste that you attack Steam and Valve like this because you wanted to offer DLC's outside of the network and avoid Steam's fees.
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6) I’ve seen reports that Origin is spyware. Is this true?Origin is not spyware, and does not use or install spyware on user’s machines. In order to allow Origin to install games and their patches for everyone to use, Origin implements a permission change that results in Windows, not Origin, reviewing the filenames in the ProgramData/Origin folder. This is an ordinary Windows function, not an information-gathering process.
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Of course, there was the whole clause in the original Origins EULA that gave EA the ability to search everything, and the last time I looked at the EULA it still retained the ability to search all Software, which by definition is every single bit on a drive.
Of course, I'll be happy to accept your explanation if you would post a copy of the source that shows what you describe is accurate, or a link to an MSDN API page that shows that a built-in call will cause this behavior.
Until then, this appears to be shennanagins to me, especially considering your next comment...
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7) Has the Origin EULA been updated following recent questions in Germany?The German Origin EULA has been updated. For more information, please review the Origin EULA here:
http://www.ea.com/1/product-eulas.
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Isn't it interesting you had to ammend the EULA to avoid problems for doing what you just told me you weren't doing?
As I said. Post either a copy of that section of the source, or a link to an MSDN API showing that a call will trigger the directories to be accessed.
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