EA States Battlefield 3 Will NOT be on Steam
It seems more official now that Battlefield 3 will NOT be available on Steam. EA Developer Seeson posted this in the forums:
EA offers games, including Battlefield 3, to all major digital download sites. In doing so, our goal is to not only reach the widest possible global audience with our games, but also to provide ongoing customer support, patches and great new content. We are intent on providing Battlefield 3 players with the best possible experience no matter where they purchase or play the game, and are happy to partner with any download service that does not restrict our ability to connect directly with consumers.
For more on our policy to offer games to any major third party download service, please read here: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/7372195.page
Gamers can pre-order Battlefield 3 at Origin.com as well as over 100 digital retailers worldwide. EA offers games to all major download services. Unfortunately, Steam has adopted a set of restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content. No other download service has adopted these practices.
We are intent on providing Battlefield 3 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. We hope to work out an agreement where Steam can carry Battlefield 3; meanwhile, gamers can pick from the more than 100 digital retailers listed at http://www.battlefield.com/digitaldownload, or go to http://www.origin.com.
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This is from the Battlefied Twitter:
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So basically EA is stating something in the new Steam policy is prohibiting EA from directly supporting its customers and so decided to not use Steam as a method for distributing not only Battlefield 3, but many other games that EA has already pulled from Steam. Still no comment coming from Steam or Valve about the situation.
As for the community; as a result, gamers are drawing lines in the sand and it seems you are either with Steam/Valve or Battlefied/EA and not caring is not an option as you get flamed from both sides. Talks of boycotts because of this are already starting along with threats of not purchasing Battlefield 3 until it is on Steam.
An article Zips posted earlier suggested that Battlefield 3 would be available later and that still may be the case if one of the two sides decides to change its own policies on the matter. Since this information came out around the same time and until then was not being commented on at all, negotiations must have broken down or a deadline passed forcing the decision and an announcement to be made.
Could Battlefield 3 be seen later on Steam? Nothing is impossible, but as of right now the answer is no.
EA offers games, including Battlefield 3, to all major digital download sites. In doing so, our goal is to not only reach the widest possible global audience with our games, but also to provide ongoing customer support, patches and great new content. We are intent on providing Battlefield 3 players with the best possible experience no matter where they purchase or play the game, and are happy to partner with any download service that does not restrict our ability to connect directly with consumers.
For more on our policy to offer games to any major third party download service, please read here: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/7372195.page
Gamers can pre-order Battlefield 3 at Origin.com as well as over 100 digital retailers worldwide. EA offers games to all major download services. Unfortunately, Steam has adopted a set of restrictive terms of service which limit how developers interact with customers to deliver patches and other downloadable content. No other download service has adopted these practices.
We are intent on providing Battlefield 3 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. We hope to work out an agreement where Steam can carry Battlefield 3; meanwhile, gamers can pick from the more than 100 digital retailers listed at http://www.battlefield.com/digitaldownload, or go to http://www.origin.com.
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This is from the Battlefied Twitter:
BF3 will not be available on Steam as the service restricts our ability to directly support players http://bit.ly/nLooUi ^NW
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So basically EA is stating something in the new Steam policy is prohibiting EA from directly supporting its customers and so decided to not use Steam as a method for distributing not only Battlefield 3, but many other games that EA has already pulled from Steam. Still no comment coming from Steam or Valve about the situation.
As for the community; as a result, gamers are drawing lines in the sand and it seems you are either with Steam/Valve or Battlefied/EA and not caring is not an option as you get flamed from both sides. Talks of boycotts because of this are already starting along with threats of not purchasing Battlefield 3 until it is on Steam.
An article Zips posted earlier suggested that Battlefield 3 would be available later and that still may be the case if one of the two sides decides to change its own policies on the matter. Since this information came out around the same time and until then was not being commented on at all, negotiations must have broken down or a deadline passed forcing the decision and an announcement to be made.
Could Battlefield 3 be seen later on Steam? Nothing is impossible, but as of right now the answer is no.
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