Including CD Projekt, Paradox Games, and Trion World. Perhaps reiterating the fact that they do not intend to compete with Steam, EA has since signed on even more developers to not compete with Steam by making its service more less competitive to Steam:
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic Arts (EA) Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) announced today that Origin™, EA’s direct-to-consumer gaming platform, will soon feature PC downloadable games from Trion Worlds, Robot Entertainment and nine other game publishers. Starting today, Trion’s MMORPG Rift™ is the first new title added to Origin for purchase and download by PC gamers, with many more titles coming soon.
Additional titles from publishers CD PROJEKT RED, Freebird Games, Recoil Games, Autumn Games, 1C Company, inXile entertainment, Paradox Interactive, Core Learning Ltd. and N3V Games will be available on Origin in the coming months.
Good for EA! Now if only Origin would remember my password for more than a month.
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Without the indie dev scene Origin won’t be able to touch Steam. I don’t think that Origin will be able to take off in the way that Steam has done unless this happens. Also, Origin still lacks in a few other areas as well. They may be able to introduce a few more games, but given the choice, I’m sure many will try and stick with getting the game from Steam (for now at least).
Well a little competition is always good as far as I’m concerned. If they fail or not isn’t my problem. I’ll be the winner in the long run.
This move is definitely evidence that EA is trying to compete with Steam, they just don’t want to announce it because they know they can’t win. Getting more publishers on board will make Origin more desirable and help to keep them alive, but it won’t make them beat out Steam (or at least not anytime soon).