• EA: The Old Republic will be an Origin exclusive

    When I look at Star Wars: The Old Republic, I think "yeah, they can have my money." That was until I found out that the game will be an exclusive on EA's new digital distribution platform; Origin. Frank Gibeau, president of EA Games, told GI.biz that "EA's going to have some of our own platform exclusives," which includes their forthcoming Star Wars MMO.

    It's not all doom-and-gloom for PC gamers, though. The exclusivity looks to be period based: "I think long-term you'll see we believe in reach so we will have other digital retailers for our products because we want to reach as many audiences as possible," Gibeau said. "But at the same time if we can use exclusive content or other ideas to help grow our audience then we're going to do that because we're growing a platform."

    EA confirms more platform exclusives for Origin [gamesindustry.biz]
    Comments 11 Comments
    1. Aegis's Avatar
      Aegis -
      more saved money - sweet! i'll be a millionaire in no time if EA keeps this up
    1. Bam Stroker's Avatar
      Bam Stroker -
      10 Well, that's that.

      [edit] Unless there's a competitively priced retail box for it. If subscriptions have to be paid for in EA FunBux as well though, goto 10.
    1. Lothar's Avatar
      Lothar -
      Fan fucken tastic............................................ .............. If I have to log into EA's application to buy a subscription for this game than it is taking it one step too far....Good job EA if you go down this route you will lose sales. No iffs buttts or maaaybes.
    1. Aegis's Avatar
      Aegis -
      lots of butts actually, Lothar. They're clearly smoking crack if they think this shit is a good idea.
    1. mepm's Avatar
      mepm -
      dammit, retail collectors edition here i come
    1. morge's Avatar
      morge -
      Just when you think EA had stopped being complete arseshats.
    1. Aegis's Avatar
      Aegis -
      why on Earth did you think that?
    1. rec's Avatar
      rec -
      Well, because lately they seem to have slightly moved focus from volume to quality (in terms of development/release cycles). Ubisoft was turning into the industry arsehat. But it seems they're all arsehats.
    1. morge's Avatar
      morge -
      Oh they were still arseshats just not complete arseshats.
    1. Aegis's Avatar
      Aegis -
      they made up for volume with region fucking ;P
    1. OverDrive's Avatar
      OverDrive -
      Test
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