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Re: Origin sucks....Because Origin works fine for you, no one else should be posting about their Origin issues? | | NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny Yours MVM join:2001-08-03 Grand Rapids, MI |
said by shinjuru:Because Origin works fine for you, no one else should be posting about their Origin issues? I agree. Just as when someone posts issues with Steam, there are people who come out to defend the service. Just because Steam works well for millions doesn't mean it will work well for everyone. Same goes for Origin. One thing is certain, both Steam and Origin work great for a vast majority of the people out there. | | Ghastlyone Premium Member join:2009-01-07 Nashville, TN |
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said by shinjuru:Because Origin works fine for you, no one else should be posting about their Origin issues? The complaints you posted were based off aesthetics of the service.... quote: "It's sloppy, half-assed, not well designed or thought out"
Have you actually never been able to pay for, download and play a game through Origin because it's sloppy and not well designed? Is it hard to navigate through the game listings to find what you would like to purchase? Is managing your games library on Origin much harder to do than Steam? Is activating a game code on Origin harder to do because their page layout is different than Steam? The vast majority of negative comments in this thread regarding Origin are based solely on bias from hatred towards EA. No actual issues with the service. Some people in here didn't even post a legitimate issue with the software at all, only that it has a "greasy, slimy film of EA" and would rather stab themselves to death than have Origin running on their PC. I don't have any problem with people posting legitimate technical issues with Origin. What I do have a problem with is people bashing Origin, simply because it's a service run by EA. | | BKayrac Premium Member join:2001-09-29 |
BKayrac
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2013-Sep-14 1:26 pm
said by Ghastlyone:What I do have a problem with is people bashing Origin, simply because it's a service run by EA. That is what you call a 'brand', and when you run that brand into the ground, that is what you get. For instance someones example above, talking about people always defending steam. This is due to steams brand being very strong. They handle issues, it works well, etc etc. While some may have issues, the business decisions of steam, and how it runs is generally well received. Now take EA, noone defends EA. Why? Because their brand has been run into the ground more than that dogs poop in your yard during the summer. From bad decisions, into poor systems. And thats just the start. Your brand is very important, and if you get upset because people like a brand vs another, you don't understand how business works. And generally once you do something like this, » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecuROMYour brand is done for the next few years at very least, as your customers lose trust and faith in you. | | Ghastlyone Premium Member join:2009-01-07 Nashville, TN 1 edit |
said by BKayrac:For instance someones example above, talking about people always defending steam. This is due to steams brand being very strong. They handle issues, it works well, etc etc. While some may have issues, the business decisions of steam, and how it runs is generally well received. I guess you guys have pretty short memories here. Steam doesn't exactly have an impeccable record either when it comes people having technical issues and dislikes. I clearly remember most PC gamers absolutely hating Steam when it released and for awhile afterwards because of all the technical issues and bugs. Some people couldn't even play their games at all. By the way, you still didn't mention anything that's wrong with Origin, or anything holding you back from enjoying your games. Other than EA having a "bad rap" | | BKayrac Premium Member join:2001-09-29 |
BKayrac
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2013-Sep-14 1:41 pm
said by Ghastlyone:I guess you guys have pretty short memories here.
Steam doesn't exactly have an impeccable record either when it comes people having technical issues and dislikes.
I clearly remember most PC gamers absolutely hating Steam when it released and for awhile afterwards.
By the way, you still didn't mention anything that's wrong with Origin, or anything holding you back from enjoying your games. Other than EA having a "bad rap" The above is true, however do you notice how steam's brand has improved and is basically the de-facto standard? Your brand can be improved by making good business decisions, and steam is a great example of this. EA again is an awful example of this, and continuing to run their brand into the ground. For instance, instead of giving customers what they want for their games(Usable on steam), they instead forced another program onto their computer(Origin) if anyone wanted to play their games. This again, is a great example of them running their brand into the ground. Personally I don't use Origin, when I did use it for BF3(the last title I purchased, and one of the few I've ever purchased from EA), I found the game got boring quick, and stopped playing, Origin has not been on my PC since I formatted it. However why would I need to give examples of why origin technically speaking is bad? I am simply explaining to you why people react as they do to origin as you don't seem to grasp the concept of why people hate origin. Things can be forgotten from companies, sometimes through silence on the companies end, sometimes through fixing issues, sometimes through beginning to give customers what they want. All of those things steam did, and did well. None of those things EA did, and in fact they did many of the opposite things. So EA's brand will continue to suffer. The simple fact is, just because your program works well, if you've run your brand into the ground, your software no longer matters due to the perception of your company. Nothing is black and white, especially when it comes to the human mind. | | ·Metronet
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said by Ghastlyone:said by BKayrac:For instance someones example above, talking about people always defending steam. This is due to steams brand being very strong. They handle issues, it works well, etc etc. While some may have issues, the business decisions of steam, and how it runs is generally well received. I guess you guys have pretty short memories here. Steam doesn't exactly have an impeccable record either when it comes people having technical issues and dislikes. My issues with Steam were all fixed fairly quickly - though I had few issues with Steam to start with. | | NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny Yours MVM join:2001-08-03 Grand Rapids, MI |
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said by BKayrac:said by Ghastlyone:I guess you guys have pretty short memories here.
Steam doesn't exactly have an impeccable record either when it comes people having technical issues and dislikes.
I clearly remember most PC gamers absolutely hating Steam when it released and for awhile afterwards.
By the way, you still didn't mention anything that's wrong with Origin, or anything holding you back from enjoying your games. Other than EA having a "bad rap" The above is true, however do you notice how steam's brand has improved and is basically the de-facto standard? Your brand can be improved by making good business decisions, and steam is a great example of this. EA again is an awful example of this, and continuing to run their brand into the ground. For instance, instead of giving customers what they want for their games(Usable on steam), they instead forced another program onto their computer(Origin) if anyone wanted to play their games. This again, is a great example of them running their brand into the ground. Personally I don't use Origin, when I did use it for BF3(the last title I purchased, and one of the few I've ever purchased from EA), I found the game got boring quick, and stopped playing, Origin has not been on my PC since I formatted it. However why would I need to give examples of why origin technically speaking is bad? I am simply explaining to you why people react as they do to origin as you don't seem to grasp the concept of why people hate origin. Things can be forgotten from companies, sometimes through silence on the companies end, sometimes through fixing issues, sometimes through beginning to give customers what they want. All of those things steam did, and did well. None of those things EA did, and in fact they did many of the opposite things. So EA's brand will continue to suffer. The simple fact is, just because your program works well, if you've run your brand into the ground, your software no longer matters due to the perception of your company. Nothing is black and white, especially when it comes to the human mind. There are other brands out there that continue to be successful without Steam. Such as Blizzard, who has their own deployment and purchasing site. Millions purchase Blizzard games. I don't fault a company for making its own portal. You know Steam takes a cut of the sales, and I can see why some companies are going to their own deployment method. Steam took a couple years to get everything ironed out. Gamers were not patient at the beginning, but Steam did listen to its customers. Origin is doing the same thing. The biggest thing is that it takes time to get there. | | |
Seems to me saving/recognizing the password would be extremely important - as an IT guy... | | NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny Yours MVM join:2001-08-03 Grand Rapids, MI |
said by CylonRed:Seems to me saving/recognizing the password would be extremely important - as an IT guy... Saving, no. Recognizing, yes. | |
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