Electronic Arts has Origin. Valve has Steam. Both want you as a customer for their online game store. And so far, neither can work out their differences enough to ensure that Electronic Artsâ games will be available on Valveâs massive computer download service.
But things still havenât come to a complete impasse, at least not according to Valve co-founder Gabe Newell.
âWe really want EAâs titles on Steam,â Newell told Kotaku during a Gamescom interview. âWe want to be useful to every developer. To provide useful tools to everyone.â
Right now thatâs not happening. Electonic Artsâ Origin service is home to all future PC titles and with each new release (and, retroactively, with some older ones) comes news that that game wonât be hitting Steam.
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Most recently, EA confirmed that Battlefield 3 will not be available on Steam
https://lastchance.cc/you-cant-buy-battlefield-3-on-steam-5828309%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
That echoes what EA said when Crysis 2 dropped from Steam
But Newell remains hopeful things will work out.
âI think with any developer, the onus is on us to show them we have value, that weâre creating a set of services and capabilities and bringing an audience to them,â he said. âWe want to do a good job showing EA that we have value on Steam.
âWeâll try to work hard with them.â
(Top photo of Jane Kittermaster (not EA) on a miniature steam engine (not Steam) by Ted West | Central Press, Getty Images)
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