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"ZeeGee;c-17333203" wrote:"ScottDemon;c-17333156" wrote:
No, the original argument between the two companies was a breach of contract by EA over an attempt to cut Steam/Valve out of the DLC sales by making all DLC sold only by Origin requiring Steam customers to get the DLC through Origin.
So Steam would be completely cut out or Steam customers would have to go through both the Steam client AND the Origin client?
Not exactly. Steam would get no cut of the sales but would have to maintain the DLC's on their servers without monetary compensation. Steam customers would have to buy the DLC from Origin then redeem the code on Steam and download the DLC from Steam. It's not the same as buying from Steam and then redeeming on Origin as EA already got their money from the Steam sale.
Basically EA was trying to treat Valve as one of it's studios which wasn't going to happen.
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