Crysis 2 - Be the Weapon

[Kail]

The fuck....?  Why... why would you do this?  Why would anyone do this?  I can see "only on ORIGIN!" for the first month or so before releasing it other places, but releasing it on Steam, waiting a quarter year and then moving it over to their own homebrew distro is supposed to do what, exactly?  Because I can't think of it accomplishing anything other than losing sales.  Nobody is going to switch to Origin for this now, they'll lose anyone who was going to impulse buy it from Steam, along with anyone who was waiting for a Steam sale.

Every goddamn time I see the letters EA now, it's because they're dicking around with this Origin thing, and I have to downgrade the probability of my buying SWTOR.  It's getting depressing.

EDIT: I also note the game is sill available on D2D, anyway, what the fuck.

[luckton]

Apparently they weren't 'complete' artards in removing it, as people who bought the game prior to removal can still download and install it via their games list.  You just can't buy new copies off Steam anymore.

As for being still on D2D, they're owned by IGN.  IGN makes reviews that make their games look pretty as long as someone's getting paid.  So, yeah, there's that. 

[Malakili]

On the plus side, since Crysis 2 won't go on steam sale that means I'll never feel obligated to buy it now.

[Hawkbit]

I wrote a post last week, then deleted it because it was a stupid question. 

I was going to ask what the probability was of EA pulling all their games from other digital distributors to maximize their presence for their games, but I realized that would be a stupid business move and never asked the question.  I mean, you want those extra distributors so that you get a wider audience, right?  Why cut out potential business?

Also, I'm with Malakili.  No reason to buy Crysis 2 on Steam sale this summer/xmas now, and I'm actually okay with that.  Hell, SWTOR is a 50% chance for me buying it now and I used to be the MMOking. 

[Tebonas]

No Crysis 2 then. Their loss, not mine.

If I was dubious about Origin before, now I'm sure they can't offer a game good enough so I will buy it there. That dick kind of move shouldn't be rewarded. I guess I'll read here how the Mass Effect Saga ends if they go Origin only with it.

[Morfiend]

So people dont have to read two threads on the same topic.

EA Says it was Valve who dumped Crysis 2.

[Azazel]

interesting....

[tgr]

I don't suppose they could divulge what these "new rules" are, and why they don't apply to the other EA games. And I wouldn't mind getting an explanation of why the origin page used to say "only on origin", while now it doesn't.

[Azazel]

Give it time to play out...

[Kail]

NECRO:

So, after all that noise, Crysis 2 bounces back over to Steam in the form of Crysis 2: Maximum Edition.  Not sure WTF is going on here, it's not showing up on the front page, and it's got a listed release date of March 2011, but whatever.  I'm not sure if this is a sign of EA's giving up on Origin or what, since there's still no sign of Dragon Age 2 or The Old Republic.