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Source: You must login or register to view this content. // By: The Open Minded // Thursday, August 11th, 2011

While many are talking about the anticipation of EA's latest installment of it's Battlefield Series, Battlefield 3, many others are stuck on the fact that you will be required to run the game on EA's proprietary Origin gaming client.

Battlefield 3 will be available at most retail stores and digital retailers, excluding valve. What has some players up in arms is the fact that, whether the title is purchased as a digital download or a boxed copy purchased in store, they will be required to install the Origin client. Requiring the download of the client is EA's way of promoting it. Thousands of players will be purchasing BF3 for their PC and EA is taking that chance and hoping the gaming client will catch gamers eyes.

Daniel Matros confirmed this via his twitter. Although this is new for EA, it is far from new in the gaming world. Valve instituted the same method with it's steam engine. Starting with Half-Life 2 and every game after it you were required to download the Steam client when playing on PC.

So what do you think? Do you think that EA requiring the download of it's client is invasive? Do you think you should have the option to opt out of using the client? Do you think it is smart of them to use this method to promote the Origin client?

Dislike!

Mainly because all of my games are nicely organised on steam for me, and my desktop is not cluttered with many game shortcuts. I'm guessing it will but but do you know if it will be possible to 'Add Non-Steam Product' etc?

Yeah, just seems like EA is trying to rival Steam but people will have their massive steam libraries already and it'll be a nuisance switching between them.

Unfortunately this is why I am not buying BF3

Bad choice by EA to try and rival steam with a download client, as we know steam is way ahead of any other out there to date, and always is with almost daily updates to the system, quick updates on games and a nice simple layout, EA probably will put BF3 on Steam after a year or so when they want more money

they probably wont wouldnt out sell valve if they allowed bf3 on STEAM <3

WTF!!!! So that means that you can't get Battlefield 3 through Steam. Wow, this really sucks for PC gamers.

I'm glad I won't buy BF3 for PC. EA won't stand long against Valve anyway.

This is similar to BFBC2 having the retail copies DLC to be purchased on Origin to be able to play. Bad choice really, Origin is nothing like steam.

Steam is way better than origin,i've got all my games on Steam,so this is bad news for me.