EA please let me download all my shit bought on Origin directly from Steam.
This too.
This too.
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Rumor: EA Games could be coming back to steam.
- Thread starter TheBrokenMan
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Let's put it this way. Dwarf Fortress is a free game. It's going to release on Steam at some point in the future, and it will cost money there, while continuing to be free elsewhere. It will be the same game, except it'll include a newcomer-friendly graphics pack (and lots of those already exist for free). You might be thinking that's obviously a bad deal, but I'm likely to buy it, and I'm not alone. Steam's feature set is so useful to me that I would rather buy a game there than download it legally for free as a non-Steam game.
Releasing on a new platform, it'd be great if EA used this as an opportunity to revisit their older games and make improvements where they make sense. Treat this re-entry to Steam as cause for celebration - with qualify of life improvements to boot - and the community will be even more thrilled.
As others have suggested, how about adding native controller support to the Mass Effect games when the modding community has already shown the UI was there in the first place?
As others have suggested, how about adding native controller support to the Mass Effect games when the modding community has already shown the UI was there in the first place?
I mean the actual downloads. They are still handled by steam if siege etc is used as an example
There is, because then the games would work properly and hassle-free with Steam's various features like Steam Input, Steam Proton, Steam Family Sharing, Steam Remote Play etc. For example, Origin has given me trouble when trying to play EA games with a Steam Controller. If the games were available on Steam I wouldn't have to worry about that.
True, but you have to remember that the majority of the money from MTX is from whales, and usually whales aren't picky about where the game is, they just want the game.
Edit: Although, I don't see why those people wouldn't just stick with the origin option. Unless they're worried that they'll only start to get EA games from Steam.
Origin had a surge of new players thanks to Apex Legends and people playing FIFA played the game for years on Origin, people are not picky for these games.
Some people yes, some people no. For EA to return to Steam it's not necessary for all people to not play on Origin, just enough of them so that returning to Steam will be a net positive.
I'd be down for another playthrough as well. Watch them not including all the DLC though.
You can already uninstall.
It's weird, I don't have any particular strong feelings for this announcement. There is no "In your face EA, you're crawling back!" that I've seen some people expressing and it's more like "yeah, that's cool I guess".
Probably because modern EA produces almost nothing of interest to me and I already own titles up my alley like Mass Effect 3 and Titanfall 2 on Origin. Also, this seems like an obvious push for their subscription service and see Steam as just bonus extra revenue on the side.
Probably because modern EA produces almost nothing of interest to me and I already own titles up my alley like Mass Effect 3 and Titanfall 2 on Origin. Also, this seems like an obvious push for their subscription service and see Steam as just bonus extra revenue on the side.
Hope they make an announcement soon. I'm anxious to see what this actually means and I have $313 burning a hole in my Steam wallet.
I guessing they do have to pay Steam for server capacity, so it would give them a reasonable excuse to have everyone buy everything again.
You can use Steam Link for external games added to Steam manually. Steam Link is just an optimized "Remote desktop" style application.
Didn't Steam open up their servers to devs as part of their cut already?
It's kind of a pain to add Origin games to Steam though, isn't it? I haven't looked into it in a while, but I remember it being a bit of a process.
Yea, but if EA just gifts everyone an extra copy on Steam, where does that cut come from?
Not really, the main problem is that Origin (and uPlay) start up can fuck up BPM as they are not made for that easily.
Now, Windows Store games are the ones that are hard to link but there is a separate program to do that (which I cant remember the name right now sorry).
Yes / No. For now, they can be used in case of some events when they expect an increased flow as a support, but not as the core server.
Devs can generate game keys in Steam for free. Only issue would be Steam to approve it and they generally do as long as they dont look like a fake / enormous request (which EA wouldnt have the issue for).
I see. Maybe I was thinking of something else then, sorry.
Also, had no clue that there's a method to get Windows Store games into Steam... Might have to check that out sometime. That's cool.
Reminder that you need to have them installed, as you need to link the *.exe file.
It's still a matter of convenience. Manually launching Origin to manage the game's install, having to deal with it as a separate process after you close the game, manually adding every game to Steam as a shortcut versus the game just being on Steam, sharing a common install/uninstall and working with Steam's features.
Last time I tried it, SteamgridDB seemed to work quite well for adding Origin games. It finds your installed games from other launchers and you just have to click an "import" button and it puts the games in your Steam library, adding launch options to make sure the game gets the overlay.
At least it worked fine for me with Battlefield V. I think it also automatically got cover art for games, but only in BPM mode.
I'll be honest, I had no clue SteamGridDB had that functionality, though I see it on the site now. That's really cool, I'm gonna give it a try when I get home. Thanks for the heads-up.
It's been a little buggy for me for some things, but I think overall its a pretty sweet program. I hope eventually Steam takes notice and adds similar features to Steam itself (automatic addition of games from other launchers, along with proper cover art).
yeah With some games and it's almost never as good as native steam games.
steam also gives better controller options for native steam games. Community layouts are a really good feature
EA ACCESS SUB COMING TO STEAM TOO (next year).
Oh wow Apex Legends and BF V on Steam. Also, a subscription on Steam? Thats a first. I wonder how it will look.
