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Battlefield 3 Officially Unavailable On Steam; EA Will Lose Lots Of PC Gamers

Most of us who followed the news already knew that Battlefield 3 wasn’t appearing on Steam since the info leaked from a retailer meeting pretty much saying Battlefield 3 won’t be appearing on Steam . However, Electronic Arts has officially notified their users (and the gaming community at large) that Battlefield 3 won’t be on Steam due to Valve’s terms of service that restricts EA’s ‘ability to connect directly with consumers’. I like to think of that statement more-so as "Valve won't let us screw PC gamers over, so Battlefield 3 won't be on Steam".

According to a forum post on the official EA website …
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.

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.

There’s a repeated phrase throughout this PR-worthy post, and that is “interact” or “connect” with “customers” or “consumers”. In some regards, this gives the impression that there’s some sort of back-pocket peddling going on.

Now, I may not be a fan of Steam, but they always seem to have the interest of the gamer in mind. It is, beyond any shadow of a doubt, convenient for gamers to purchase and play their games whenever or however they like from the Steam platform. For this particular scenario, I find it hard to believe that the terms of service Valve has instituted for Steam is somehow an inhibitory factor for consumer purchases and will somehow work aversely against gamers. I believe the situation may be to the contrary, but given EA’s vague delineation of the actual clause in question, it’s difficult to breakdown the matter.

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and video game designed by Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and fourth original title overall. It debuted in North America on October 27, 2002, for the PlayStation 2 and was later ported to the Xbox and PC in 2003. Vice City was succeeded by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and preceded by Grand Theft Auto III.

Vice City draws much of its inspiration from 1980s American culture. Set in 1986 in Vice City, a fictional city modeled after Miami, the story revolves around Mafia member Tommy Vercetti, who was recently released from prison. After being involved in a drug deal gone wrong, Tommy seeks out those responsible while building a criminal empire and seizing power from other criminal organizations in the city. The game uses a tweaked version of the game engine used in Grand Theft Auto III and similarly presents a huge cityscape, fully populated with buildings, vehicles, and people. Like other games in the series, Vice City is comprised of elements from driving games and third-person shooters, and features “open-world” gameplay that gives the player more control over their playing experience.

Upon its release, Vice City became the best-selling video game of 2002. As of July 2006, Vice City was, in the American market, the best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time. Vice City also appeared on Japanese magazine Famitsu’s readers’ list of all-time favorite 100 videogames in 2006, the only fully-Western title on the list. Following this success, Vice City saw releases in Europe, Australia and Japan, as well as a release for the PC. Rockstar Vienna also packaged the game with its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto III, and sold it as Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack for the Xbox. Vice City’s setting is also revisited in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, which serves as a prequel to events in Vice City.

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