Steam vs Origin?

[Greven]

What do you guys think? I'd say steam

[Adrenaline]

Steam, my Origin account has been hacked around 3 or 4 times so far, never buying another game on Origin again.

[WhiteKnight77]

As I do not have an Origin account, nor have downloaded it (nor Uplay), Steam it is.

[Fork_Q2]

Origins/UPlay/GOG Galaxy will only ever complement Steam.

[¤☣wing☢zeяo☣¤™]

Steam overall but EA do have some sweet games on Origin that you just cant get here.

Originally posted by Adrenaline:

Steam, my Origin account has been hacked around 3 or 4 times so far, never buying another game on Origin again.

I imagine thats more your fault than Origins iv's been using PC's 20 years + and never had anything hacked into.

[NicolaMartini]

lol. steam for all the life. Origin' server sucks and the game cost an arm and leg. i hold origin only for MAss effect 3 and Crysis 3

[ KARR™]

Sigh. Another "steam vs origin" fight that will always end up with a steam bias because it's being asked ON STEAM.

Both system work perfectly well, both have advantages, both have disadvantages, they are both DRM for games that have existed for 9+ years each perfectly happily and for everyone in the world competition is good.

[#9]

I like steam origin i dont like

[Fork_Q2]

Originally posted by KARR:

Sigh. Another "steam vs origin" fight that will always end up with a steam bias because it's being asked ON STEAM.

Both system work perfectly well, both have advantages, both have disadvantages, they are both DRM for games that have existed for 9+ years each perfectly happily and for everyone in the world competition is good.

TBF, you probably get the same response if you could ask on Origin's forums, as if anyone was there that is.

[Dune Jumper]

Pros of Steam:
-Some nice features.
-Huge sales.
-Tons of games.

Cons of Steam:
-No quality control.
-Everything loads slowly.
-Often has server issues.
-A bunch of questionable design choices.

Pros of Origin:
-Isn't full of shovelware.
-Can have fairly large sales.
-Free On the House games.
-Everything loads pretty much instantly.

-Cons of Origin:
-Doesn't have that many games available.
-Not many features in the application itself.

Personally I prefer Origin.

[AbedsBrother]

Origin's servers are more robust IMO. (They probably have fewer users, so that helps). While I have had issues with both softwares, it seems like Steam's servers go down at least three times a week (prohibiting user account login), and sometimes multiple times a day. I have never had that problem with Origin (though that could change of course).

I have never had my account hacked on either system (touch wood!).

Overall: Steam has more variety and better community (or community is integrated better into the software). Origin has less variety but is much more stable.