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Electronic Arts games listed on Steam

Tags: ea, steam, valve, pc

13 comments

  1. [2]
    vektor
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    Has anyone tried proton'ing EA stuff on linux? If it requires origin, and I would assume origin (being DRM) doesn't like being in an emulator, then I'd assume this doesn't work?

    Has anyone tried proton'ing EA stuff on linux? If it requires origin, and I would assume origin (being DRM) doesn't like being in an emulator, then I'd assume this doesn't work?

    5 votes
    1. 0d_billie
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      Mass Effect 2 works like a dream under Proton, but then I don't think it needs Origin ¯\(ツ)/¯

      Mass Effect 2 works like a dream under Proton, but then I don't think it needs Origin ¯\(ツ)

      2 votes
  2. [4]
    Deimos
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    EA's blog post about it: https://www.ea.com/news/ea-games-come-to-steam There's a special event/sale page for it as well: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/electronicarts It looks like the games...

    EA's blog post about it: https://www.ea.com/news/ea-games-come-to-steam

    There's a special event/sale page for it as well: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/electronicarts

    It looks like the games still require Origin, so it's probably similar to the way that Ubisoft games work on Steam, where you still have to go through the uPlay launcher.

    The EA blog post also mentions that their EA Access subscription will be coming to Steam later this summer, which is their subscription service and should give access to most/all of these games while you're subscribed. I don't think Steam has anything like that currently, so it will be interesting to see how that works.

    4 votes
    1. [3]
      viridian
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      It's worth noting that this is only a small section of EA's total offerings on origin. No Mass effect series, no Maxis content (Sims, Sim city, spore), Battlefield/battlefront, etc. Some of these...

      It's worth noting that this is only a small section of EA's total offerings on origin. No Mass effect series, no Maxis content (Sims, Sim city, spore), Battlefield/battlefront, etc. Some of these games were also already on steam, I know bioware's Jade Empire and dragon age were.

      2 votes
      1. [2]
        joplin
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        I'm seeing The Sims3 series, SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition, Spore, etc. when I look.

        I'm seeing The Sims3 series, SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition, Spore, etc. when I look.

        3 votes
        1. viridian
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          You are totally right, I only looked at the sale page when steam notified me. I see now why none of those games came up, they are on platform, just not on sale. It's still not all of the games...

          You are totally right, I only looked at the sale page when steam notified me. I see now why none of those games came up, they are on platform, just not on sale. It's still not all of the games though, for instance mass effect 3 and Andromeda are not there (and 1 and 2 were always on steam IIRC). I wonder why they chose to bring over DA:Inquisition but not the mass effect games.

          4 votes
  3. [3]
    TheJorro
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    I think the most interesting part is the big banner saying Origin Access is also coming to Steam. This will be the first subscription service operating on Steam, as far as I'm aware, and a third...

    I think the most interesting part is the big banner saying Origin Access is also coming to Steam. This will be the first subscription service operating on Steam, as far as I'm aware, and a third party one at that. I've been an EA Access subscriber since the start, I'll be interested to see how it transfers over into Steam. I'm hoping for for Xbox Pass to also come to Steam too since Xbox's content delivery system seems to have a lot of issues at the moment.

    4 votes
    1. [2]
      Deimos
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      The way the Xbox app (and Xbox Game Pass for PC) works seems insane. When I first set it up, it made me install Windows updates and reboot my PC something like 3 times before it could work. Why...

      The way the Xbox app (and Xbox Game Pass for PC) works seems insane. When I first set it up, it made me install Windows updates and reboot my PC something like 3 times before it could work. Why does a game launcher (even one made by the same company as the OS) need to be integrating itself that deeply?

      The files are stored in some kind of bizarre method too. I was playing Lonely Mountains: Downhill through Game Pass and decided I liked it enough that I wanted to buy the game on Steam. I spent over half an hour searching the internet and my computer to try to find the game's save files so I could try transferring my save to the Steam version and just gave up eventually. It was easier to just replay the game from scratch than figure out what the Xbox app was doing to hide everything.

      3 votes
      1. TheJorro
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        Yup, I had similar experiences when I bought Forza Horizon 3 off of the Windows Store before the Xbox Pass existed, and the only reason I haven't subscribed even though the price is right and the...

        Yup, I had similar experiences when I bought Forza Horizon 3 off of the Windows Store before the Xbox Pass existed, and the only reason I haven't subscribed even though the price is right and the value is there for me is that I just can't abide their chosen distribution method. It's, as you said, bizarre.

        After all, thanks to that weird file obfuscation, I can't even make a desktop shortcut for my Microsoft-made video game on my Microsoft Windows desktop. Why does it only let me make a Tile in the Start menu? I've actually forgotten that I've had FH3 installed because it's just not where I put any of my game shortcuts. Originally, I wasn't even able to choose where to download the game to, the Windows Store only allowed app installations to the C:, but at least they addressed that one.

        And then when I tried to reset my game save file... oh boy, was that a whole other adventure. I had to delete the save file data from the registry, then log into the game while disabling my hardware network adapter, then forcing the cloud save to be overwritten with my new file. Why?!

        2 votes
  4. [4]
    weystrom
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    I don't really get the point, it still requires EA Origin, might as well buy it there?

    I don't really get the point, it still requires EA Origin, might as well buy it there?

    1 vote
    1. [2]
      Deimos
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      There are some benefits like keeping more of your game library in the same place, being able to use Steam features like streaming through Remote Play, social/multiplayer features with your Steam...

      There are some benefits like keeping more of your game library in the same place, being able to use Steam features like streaming through Remote Play, social/multiplayer features with your Steam friends, etc. None of it's very significant, but it's not completely pointless either.

      6 votes
      1. zptc
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        Does Origin have user reviews? afaik it doesn't.

        Does Origin have user reviews? afaik it doesn't.

        2 votes
    2. moocow1452
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      People like buying crap on Steam. Why turn down money if you can make a big announcement about returning to the home of PC gaming?

      People like buying crap on Steam. Why turn down money if you can make a big announcement about returning to the home of PC gaming?

      1 vote