Origin cheap prices

[carling220]

I just logged on to origin and found Battlefield 4 for £7 and Crysis 3 for £5 and Titanfall for £14.

Are these good titles should I snap these up?

I apologise for this subjective question, but I've been after new games for a while to no avail, but I am skeptical about these console style games that usually require trillions of addons and become repetitive online? I enjoyed Crysis 1 and 2 singleplayer, multiplayer didnt play online at all, I much prefer offline good stories. However, I did really like BF3, so think BF4 and titanfall might be as good online as this? Haven't played online in over a year need a new title for online.

 

[Replay]

Titanfall has been a little cheaper, $10 or less USA (& elsewhere?). Almost bit, but not fond of multiplayer-only titles.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Titanfall has been a little cheaper, $10 or less USA (& elsewhere?). Almost bit, but not fond of multiplayer-only titles.

It was $5 around Black Friday. I'd guess it would be priced similar at Christmas.

 

[JTsyo]

I find it hard to believe that EA would cheapen their IP by offering them on sale like Steam does.

 

[IGemini]

I find it hard to believe that EA would cheapen their IP by offering them on sale like Steam does.

Perfectly explains why you can get every Command & Conquer game for $6 right now.

 

[Vicard]

A steam gp.

 

[darkewaffle]

BF4 is great. If you enjoyed BF3 it's core gameplay is similar with some solid new maps and game modes.

 

[jlee]

BF4 is great. If you enjoyed BF3 it's core gameplay is similar with some solid new maps and game modes.

What if you loved BF2 and Bad Company 2, and hated BF3?

 

[KeithTalent]

I picked up Titanfall for 5 bucks and I'm actually enjoying it in short bursts. It grows tiresome rather quickly, but it's fun for a quick 30-40 minute blasting session.

KT

 

[carling220]

OK thanks for the Bf4 tip. I bought BF4 and Crysis 3 for £12.50. I've just bought my old man a PS4 and had to spend £40 for one game....price is definitely a benefit of PC gaming.

If Bf4 is fun like BF3 I can play online there for hours, BF3 single player was boring. And I played Crysis 1 and 2 single player and enjoyed so will do the same for Crysis 3, it looks very similiar. I've been desperate for new games! Ideally after something like Uncharted, Tomb raider, Arkham or DMC but can't find much, third person good story stuff.

 

[DeadFred]

What if you loved BF2 and Bad Company 2, and hated BF3?

Then something is wrong with you, see a shrink.

 

[clok1966]

I find it hard to believe that EA would cheapen their IP by offering them on sale like Steam does.

I so wanted to post this, thanks!

 

[skipsneeky2]

Then something is wrong with you, see a shrink.

I love this comment because i have put more overall hours into BF3 then i did BF2,BC2 and even BF4 combined then some.I still put hours into BF3 more then BF4 sometimes in a day lol.

 

[darkewaffle]

I so wanted to post this, thanks!

EA's stance was that new games shouldn't be too quickly placed on sale because it undermines the idea that it's worth buying a game at release, reinforces the idea that your typical $40-$60 new game is overpriced/a bad purchase and leaves many of the early adopters feeling cheated/hoodwinked. Steam has faced significant backlash for significant discounts on big games as little as a few weeks after release - Portal 2, Witcher 2, and Civ V:BNW readily come to mind.

Having sales is a good thing... eventually. Discounts on pre-orders work because a 'locked' sale before the game is actually available makes up for the discount with added value in hype and marketing. Discounting a new title too soon encourages the customer to think that "I'll just wait and it'll be on sale" and, more importantly, shortens the window of time between release and when consumers 'expect' the game to be sold for less. The smaller the window gets, the lower the perceived value of the purchase.

 

[stag3]

What if you loved BF2 and Bad Company 2, and hated BF3?

same here, i loved bc2 + vietnam expansion
bf3 was just meh to me for some reason
no desire to buy 4

 

[Red Hawk]

$5.99 for Crysis 3? Yeah, ok, I can't turn that down. PC melting, here I come.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Except Steam has never discounted prices early in a games life, except maybe by 10% and the game publishers set those prices. Steam may play some role in making that happen, but they don't have the final say. Portal is theirs to price however they want. EA got greedy and didn't want to pay Valve...it's as simple as that. They didn't have the pull they thought they'd have so they are cutting prices.

Voted most hated company 2 years running. Starts own service trying to throw it's weight around claimng Valve cheapens IP's (which REALLY means we should be selling our games for $60 for years). Don't sell as many games as they think they should. Start making 'sales' to compete. Makes sense.

 

[carling220]

I purchased a PS4 and some games for my old man for this christmas. I will never complain about game prices ever again after this experience!

 

[Red Hawk]

Except Steam has never discounted prices early in a games life, except maybe by 10% and the game publishers set those prices. Steam may play some role in making that happen, but they don't have the final say. Portal is theirs to price however they want. EA got greedy and didn't want to pay Valve...it's as simple as that. They didn't have the pull they thought they'd have so they are cutting prices.

Voted most hated company 2 years running. Starts own service trying to throw it's weight around claimng Valve cheapens IP's (which REALLY means we should be selling our games for $60 for years). Don't sell as many games as they think they should. Start making 'sales' to compete. Makes sense.

Or more like Valve got greedy and wanted EA to pay them more. The real story behind EA pulling its games from Steam is that Valve rewrote the publisher-side terms of service. Valve wanted to get a little piece of every DLC sale for games bought through Steam, not just the original purchase. EA didn't want to go along with that, so Valve took some newer games subject to those terms down from Steam and hasn't allowed any new EA games on Steam -- that have DLC.

As it turns out, if you can't purchase DLC through the game independent of Steam, Valve will let it on Steam. That was the case with Crysis 2 Maximum Edition. Crysis 2 was one of the EA published games taken down from Steam initially. But the later released Maximum Edition includes all the DLC, and EA had no further plans to make DLC for Crysis 2. You can go buy Crysis 2 Maximum Edition on Steam right now.

It was kind of obtuse how EA talked down Steam's approach to game sales, though.

 

[manimal]

bf4 is 19 now was it cheaper?

 

[futurefields]

it was cheaper during BF sale it was 14.99 regular, 29.99 premium

 

[alcoholbob]

Perfectly explains why you can get every Command & Conquer game for $6 right now.

Most of those games don't even launch under Windows 7 or 8 so basically you are paying for 1 or 2 games at most.

 

[Ampersand38]

Most of those games don't even launch under Windows 7 or 8 so basically you are paying for 1 or 2 games at most.

Which ones didn't work for you? I've been able to play them all.

 

[alcoholbob]

Which ones didn't work for you? I've been able to play them all.

Red Alert 3, the Expansion Pac, Generals don't go beyond the splash screen. Reading on the forums some people say deleting certain videos or editing INF files might work but that hasn't worked for me.

 

[Ampersand38]

Red Alert 3, the Expansion Pac, Generals don't go beyond the splash screen. Reading on the forums some people say deleting certain videos or editing INF files might work but that hasn't worked for me.

Sorry to hear that. Generals is awesome! Have you given Gentool a shot?