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so or so I think there will be more than one reason for EA to decide to get back on Steam, they're a big company and I think only Epic coming around is unlikely to be the only reason for it, if its a reason at all
To be honest, I will not be surprised if we may see EA on Epic soon as well, I mean can't really see why they will not want to expand if they already selling in more then one store
yeah they already got fallen order on there so won't be surprised if that happens
From what I have read in the past years, both are heavily going for their game passes and it does make sense to put those on other storefronts as well to pull new customers into their launchers/stores.
Obviously money is the main reason, but the changes in the market might have influenced their decisions.
Microsoft did stop putting bigger games on Steam for a few years. Halo came in 2019 (after Epic came to existence in dec 2018) and games like Gears 5 normally wouldn't have been put on Steam by Microsoft. That all changed after March 2019, when Microsoft decided to come back (so to speak).
Has for Microsoft my guess it's due to Phil Spencer?. He is the best thing ever happened to MS Gaming.
Whatever the cases it's all good news. There is just more ways to buy their games.
At the end of the day there's two ways to make a game (or product) sold.
-Make people go to where the game is (Origin, Microsoft Store, Applestore)
-Put your game where people buys stuff (Steam, Electronics store)
EA and MS are just complementing their sales strategy by doing the latter: Putting their games where gamers are.
They already have their own 'Applestores' for the most loyal userbase. But just like you can also buy an iPhone in electronic stores outside Applestores EA and MS are placing their products in other stores too.
They know in the long run diversification brings more money. They still keep their own storefronts for the 'premium' experience (IE: releases) but at the end of the day you'll be able to walk down to your store of choice to get the game without directly going to their store.
IMHO In the case of Epic it might be a case of brand perception. If I had to bet they're probably waiting for Epic to 'show their cards' so to speak. Epic has been kicking all the wasp nests they've found along the way and if there's something companies dislike is bad marketing. They might be waiting for Epic's waters to 'settle down' before jumping on the ship.
Sure, there may be a tiny amount of hastening the decision but it won't have had a large effect. Basic rules apply here - MONEY.
When EA started Origin - don't forget this is their THIRD attempt at their own service - it was an uphill battle even though there were only a handful of platforms then. Steam had THE majority by far though. So they've been around some time, and the obvious benefit to having their games on their styore is they get to keep the roughly 30% that would otherwise be given to Valve with each sale. That's a stack of cash!
But as Steam keeps growing, Origin hasn't grown at the same rate, so with that in mind it's very simple maths to see that having all your eggs in one basket after they've been doing this a number of years is just lost revenue.
I mean, if they have their games purely on their platform, they get to keep ALL the revenue, but the sales are substantially less than they would be on Steam. So in having both on the go, EA still get their sales on Origina but even though they have to pay that 30% on Steam sales, it's still MORE revenue for digital goods which have no manufacturing costs, haulage or storage.
So yeah, it's patently obvious why and it's likely nothing to do with what others are doing in the way you think.
(They also managed to lose my former EA account which I couldn't port to Origin and had to start a new account)
Once again, I absolutely agree as I did similarly. I have no fondness as on the whole I've found their games often are soulless pap, too middle of the road. But when they were putting out Dead Space and Dragon Age and a couple of minor ones, I had some interest. But I wasn't going to into Origin unless, as you point out, I was sure they weren't going to either half arse it or ♥♥♥♥ it up once again with poor organization.
Now it's a few years down the line I bought one of the Dead Space games recently on there to go with the charity bundle I started the account with some years ago.
I'm still reticent but at least I'm not so bothered about the half arsed thing any more. Sadly though Visceral have gone and I doubt there' much for me.