EA Want YOU to Help Improve Origin

[Mearehear]

People often forget that Steam was not well received when it was first released and had many problems but over time it improved to what it is today. Personally I've had very few issues with Origin and I've got a number I've games I've purchased via it. I still get the occasional "Please check your game is installed correctly" but this doesn't stop me from playing the game. People need to take a step back, have a breather and lighten up. It’s not the end of the world if it’s not on Steam people.

Agree with your post 100%.

95% of my games are on Steam, with a mere 6 games being owned through Origin, but I have no problems with Origin, and the arguments being made that "it's not Steam, put it on Steam" are just plain ignorant and pathetic.

You can't make the 'starting fresh' argument everytime a company makes a product of their own.
You couldn't make a model T ford copy and expect it to get treated as equal to a nissan GTR just because you'd never made a new car before.

'oh but this is my first car, first cars always have wooden spoked wheels...'

Its an unacceptable excuse for a product that is in retail use.
they might still call it beta but its no longer beta when you're using it as the only option for your retail business.

And where the hell did anyone say that in the posts quoted? It's people like you shooting their mouth off that make the "origin haters" sound pathetic. So many of the anti-origin posts in this thread are downright pathetic and lack any actual logic to their reasoning. You can't apply one rule, or thought, to one company and not apply it to the others too.

[TRB]

And where the hell did anyone say that in the posts quoted? It's people like you shooting their mouth off that make the "origin haters" sound pathetic. So many of the anti-origin posts in this thread are downright pathetic and lack any actual logic to their reasoning. You can't apply one rule, or thought, to one company and not apply it to the others too.

uh-huh...

People often forget that Steam was not well received when it was first released and had many problems

Agree with your post 100%

This would be the part where you and the guy you agreed with "100%" are inferring that you can compare the beginnings of origin with the beginnings of steam.
As if a new car company could compare themselves with a model T ford instead of a current day car ...

It's people like you shooting their mouth off that make the "origin haters" sound pathetic.

People like me? you mean those with IQs in 90+ percentile range? or are you talking about 'people like me' as a group of people who don't share your opinion?
as for shooting my mouth off, I'll ignore the fact that this is a text based medium and go straight to pointing out that 'normal' people don't see taking part in a discussion as 'shooting one's mouth off'.

So many of the anti-origin posts in this thread are downright pathetic and lack any actual logic to their reasoning.

I be you can't even articulate whats 'pathetic' about 'so many' of the posts which express a view of distrust or dislike of origin/EA.
As for logic and reason, as you sure you know the definition of these terms?
or are you sure that you're capable of comprehending logic should you happen to see some?
I see plenty of logic and 'reason' expressed by most of the people who dislike origin.
What I don't see is logic in people who say things along the lines of 'I haven't ha any issue thats actually stopped me playing a game on origin therefore origin is fine'
or
'its just been released, you can't expect it to actually work and have even a fraction of the features of similar services that have been around as an example for years!'
It is, in fact, entirely illogical to not expect a product or service to take note of its competitors before releasing and incorporate the features of their competitors to release a SUPERIOR product.
The fact that you can't seem to understand that no other industry releases brands/models that are 'new' to a specific company and claims they're fine because they aren't WORSE then the first product of that type ever made 5+ years ago makes me question your cognitive ability.

If you're as upset in your next reply as you were in the last, why not try some ad-hominem attacks? maybe that'll make you feel better.

[Mearehear]

..lots of garbage...

Utter bullsh*t..not even worthy of further reply

[TRB]

..lots of garbage...

Utter bullsh*t..not even worthy of further reply

< Nostradamus over here ...

I be you can't even articulate whats 'pathetic' about 'so many' of the posts which express a view of distrust or dislike of origin/EA.

[Bluefire]

I cant help but to laugh now.. I know I shouldnt.. But I cant help it

[ryceg]

Let's think:

No invasion of privacy
Non-intrusive interface
No auto-signing some rubbish survey
No Day 1 DLC
More focus on quality of titles
Less pressured releases, I don't care if it is a bit late
No 5-install limits
Offline with LAN on everything
Steam-friendly games; please, BF3, come back to Steam.
Less DLC. TF2 has had over a hundred updates, without charging you for any of them.
Better customer service, there are too many horror stories.

[IvanTSR]

Let's think:

No invasion of privacy
Non-intrusive interface
No auto-signing some rubbish survey
No Day 1 DLC
More focus on quality of titles
Less pressured releases, I don't care if it is a bit late
No 5-install limits
Offline with LAN on everything
Steam-friendly games; please, BF3, come back to Steam.
Less DLC. TF2 has had over a hundred updates, without charging you for any of them.
Better customer service, there are too many horror stories.

Steam has none of this.

[Shinanigans]

More importantly, what does most of that even have to do with Origin?

[GoToadGo]

I know but I'm put off reading the forums 90% of the time now because I can guess what posts are going to be made without opening the thread. Rarely is there an actual discussion instead of a whine about Origin, COD, or EA/Activision.

Now I just read the brief news outline and it's only on occasion that I click through to the comments (such as now) and I haven't opened the forums listing in a fair while.

This is so unbelievably true. Origin thread? Whining. MMO thread? Whining. DRM thread? Whining. CoD thread? Whining and self righteous douche bags saying they hate CoD and everyone that plays it. Yes it's your opinion, but I don't need to hear it every damn time. Promote discussion, don't get your jab in and leave.

On the topic of origin. I'm yet to have an issue with it. The download speeds are mental and it opens and runs just fine. I have two games that run it that I bought through cd key sites and they worked perfectly. Is it that big a deal that another tiny program is running on your quad core, 8GB of ram machine? Nope, it isn't. It's just you complaining for the sake of it. They're even asking YOU what they could do better! They want it to be better! Jesus.

[PalZer0]

On the topic of origin. I'm yet to have an issue with it. The download speeds are mental and it opens and runs just fine. I have two games that run it that I bought through cd key sites and they worked perfectly. Is it that big a deal that another tiny program is running on your quad core, 8GB of ram machine? Nope, it isn't. It's just you complaining for the sake of it. They're even asking YOU what they could do better! They want it to be better! Jesus.

My main issue is how EA are pushing Origin (mainly by withholding and removing titles from Steam). The client itself is sorta OK (even if the title bar says it's still in beta) but I haven't had too many issues with Steam or games that I've purchased or activated through Steam.

When you think about it, EA games have normally been cheaper on Steam (even with the AU price jack) than their own store even when taking exchange rates into account. Explain that one to me.

[IvanTSR]

On the topic of origin. I'm yet to have an issue with it. The download speeds are mental and it opens and runs just fine. I have two games that run it that I bought through cd key sites and they worked perfectly. Is it that big a deal that another tiny program is running on your quad core, 8GB of ram machine? Nope, it isn't. It's just you complaining for the sake of it. They're even asking YOU what they could do better! They want it to be better! Jesus.

My main issue is how EA are pushing Origin (mainly by withholding and removing titles from Steam). The client itself is sorta OK (even if the title bar says it's still in beta) but I haven't had too many issues with Steam or games that I've purchased or activated through Steam.

When you think about it, EA games have normally been cheaper on Steam (even with the AU price jack) than their own store even when taking exchange rates into account. Explain that one to me.

They're a business who want to make more money. It's what businesses do.

[PalZer0]

They're a business who want to make more money. It's what businesses do.

And I'm not against EA making money. I'm against the way they're going about making money - which seems to be always at the expense of the very gamers who made them big in the first place.

[IvanTSR]

They're a business who want to make more money. It's what businesses do.

And I'm not against EA making money. I'm against the way they're going about making money - which seems to be always at the expense of the very gamers who made them big in the first place.

Mate everything is at our expense... we're the customer. That's how it works. So long as they continue to bang out an increasing quality of product (which I think they are at the moment) I'm fine with it.