We just got word back from an EA representative about the situation with Crysis 2. According to EA, the decision to pull Crysis 2 from Steam was Valve's call, not EA's.
Before this quickly boils down into a battle of "he said, she said" mentality here, there is something important to remember. We have heard no response from Valve about this, there is only one side of the story we are able to go on here.
We do have a request for clarification sent in to Valve but have not yet heard back from them.
It’s unfortunate that Steam has removed Crysis 2 from their service. This was not an EA decision or the result of any action by EA.
Steam has imposed a set of business terms for developers hoping to sell content on that service – many of which are not imposed by other online game services. Unfortunately, Crytek has an agreement with another download service which violates the new rules from Steam and resulted in its expulsion of Crysis 2 from Steam.
Crysis 2 continues to be available on several other download services including GameStop, Amazon, Origin.com and more.
Steam has imposed a set of business terms for developers hoping to sell content on that service – many of which are not imposed by other online game services. Unfortunately, Crytek has an agreement with another download service which violates the new rules from Steam and resulted in its expulsion of Crysis 2 from Steam.
Crysis 2 continues to be available on several other download services including GameStop, Amazon, Origin.com and more.
Before this quickly boils down into a battle of "he said, she said" mentality here, there is something important to remember. We have heard no response from Valve about this, there is only one side of the story we are able to go on here.
We do have a request for clarification sent in to Valve but have not yet heard back from them.