Millions of gamers around the world play, communicate, share information. Large gaming holding companies are interested in bringing together as many players as possible. They create their services in which they continue to conduct dialogue, play, and also acquire games. Digital copies of licenses come to the fore, blocking physical disks and media. Firstly, it is not profitable for the buyer and seller, and secondly, it is much more convenient and pleasant to have at hand a platform where a collection of purchased games is collected. But in this area there is a big three competitors who are trying to get around their opponents through innovations, adding content and entertainment.
Origin - what is it?
This is a program that is a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. It is also the official manager of the EA structure, where it is possible to buy and update the company's games. The platform supports all operating systems, starting with Windows 7 and higher, OS X. A single community, united by the Origin program, is constantly evolving, and new functions are added to integrate players. The platform provides a wide range of services for players to communicate: setting up a profile, dialogs and gameplay with friends, live broadcasting on the Twitch platform. The player in the shortest possible time can share information about achievements, opinions and other things in social networks. If you see support for modern consoles, such as Xbox Live, Playstation Network, then be sure that this is Origin. One of the distinguishing features is to save saves and player progress, even when he completely deleted the game from his computer.
Origin.com is an official site where a user can download a client.
Platform advantages
- Money back purchase. The account owner is able to return his money if he was not satisfied with the product, using the support program from EA "Guaranteed a great game." It includes publications such as "Dragon Age", "Sims 4", "Batman Arkham" and some others. The company is trying to prove to the whole world that Origin is a reliable platform.
- Such games are always replaced by others, so this is a good opportunity to try the upcoming game for free. Evaluation of demo versions of games and programs. Origin provides free demos for which you can get a nice bonus from the company.
- Subscription and pre-orders. The platform allows players to activate a subscription to more than 40 free games. Account holders can pre-order new releases and access them sooner than they are officially released on the platform.
- Offline mode. The user can play favorite games that are tied to his account, without access to the Internet. Progress and achievements will be credited after connecting to the network.
- Cloud platform and the unity of the library. All the save and progress of the player is stored on the cloud, if the player is transferred to another device, then his progress is automatically downloaded to the new computer. The catalog of purchased games is the same for all devices connected to the account.
- Faster loading. You can start using the product before the end of its full download.
Platform disadvantages
- High prices. Due to the high quality of service.
- The list of games is smaller than that of competitors. This is mainly due to the fact that Origin is a platform representing the interests of EA. The company adds only those games with the developers of which they have an agreement.
- Less interactive features than competitors. The user's activity is limited to buying games, communicating with other players and the game itself.
Direct competitors
Battle.net by Blizzard. It has a very similar interface, about the same pros and cons. On the platform, only registered games from the "Lizards". Convenient integration with Internet services and a simple subscription system.
Steam by Valve. This gigantic platform has a very impressive library size. This platform maintains the internal economic environment. Players are able to sell game items and items, create additional content in the "workshop". Many stocks with big discounts up to 98%.