Ubisoft and EA pair up, offer each other's games online

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1. February 22, 2013 6:19 PM
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   LNCPapa said:

   They can both go to a very warm, low place in my opinion.

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2. February 22, 2013 6:26 PM
   

   Littleczr said:

   I like the move. It means I will have two places to buy games. Steam or Origin.

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3. February 22, 2013 8:25 PM
   

   LukeDJ said:

   Maan, can't these guys just pull the stick out of their arse's and put all of their stuff on Steam. Nobody can do a whole lot to knock Valve off its perch anytime in the foreseeable future. EA should be putting more resources into focusing on their customer service, rather than chasing goals they cannot reach.

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4. February 23, 2013 8:03 AM
   

   Tekkaraiden said:

   UPlay director and PR spinster Stephanie Perotti sees the move...

   Not sure that word is being used correctly, spinmaster or spindoctor would have been more suitable.

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5. February 23, 2013 8:17 AM
   

   Renrew said:

   They deserve each other.

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6. February 23, 2013 8:47 AM
   

   TekGun said:

   The saying "two wrongs don't make a right" spring to mind. To me it just makes both services twice as repulsive.

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7. February 23, 2013 12:39 PM
   

   Cota said:

   Kill it before it lays eggs!!

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8. February 23, 2013 4:51 PM
   Guest said:

   I am not against competition in general, but sometimes it's more a feudal fractioning than an improvement for consumers. Imagine that instead of one currency in a country you would have 5 or 10, in the name of competition. I know that having several stores is not a bad thing, but Steam is not just a store, it's a digital distribution platform - it has your downloadable games library, a cloud with saved games, community stuff, friends... Being registered also in another system like this would be a headache already, and third or fourth one... Any competition should take place within a certain environment, which defines global terms, laws, currency, etc. Otherwise it's a chaos. I'd really prefer these companies would compete with their products, not with their delivery systems. It is obvious they build these systems only to promote their own games.

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9. February 23, 2013 6:19 PM
   

   misor said:

   UPlay director and PR spinster Stephanie Perotti sees the move...

   Not sure that word is being used correctly, spinmaster or spindoctor would have been more suitable.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinster

   A spinster, or old maid, is an older, childless woman who has never been married. For a woman to be identified as a spinster, age is critical.

   on topic:

   this is a serious move by these game companies.

   they cut the middle man so there's more profit margin.

   I hope they also improve their customer service or lower their game selling price

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10. February 23, 2013 8:32 PM
    Lurker101 said:

    EA should be putting more resources into focusing on their customer service

    Thanks for saying that. I almost choked to death with laughter.

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11. February 24, 2013 4:18 AM
    

    Aveon said:

    How abt crysis 3 free with Farcry 3 .

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12. February 24, 2013 10:31 AM
    gobbybobby said:

    I prefer to have just the 1 digital platform installed

    I loved battlefield 3 beta, I hated that I needed origin and uninstalled it after beta finished.

    I didn't buy it as it wasn't on steam. I would have bought it if it was on Steam. Lost sale right here.

    EA are not doing themselves any favours. They should release there games on Steam, Impulse, Origin, all of them. mazimise sales

    Valve are a very good 3rd party vender, Stop treating steam as a threat and look at them as any other game store

    its essentialy saying 6 years ago when Physical sales where more importent "I am going to open EA shop, it only sells EA games, and I am also going to stop selling EA games at HMV, Game, blockbuster and all the other game shops on the high street"

    you must come to EA shop to get EA games. Stupid!

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13. February 25, 2013 10:17 AM
    Sniped_Ash said:

    "UPlay director Stephanie Perotti sees the move as part of an effort to improve its relationship with PC gamers."

    Yeah well not saying stupid shit like 9 out of 10 PC gamers are pirates is a pretty good start.

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