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General discussionWhy isn't the Command & Conquer series available on GOG?(113 posts)(113 posts)
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Posted November 30, 2014
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snowkatt: ... is a bigger name then ...
Doesn't that remind you of when Google decided to require Google+ accounts to use YouTube since they figured they'd get an instant 300 Million accounts to boost their service?

Not that it went too well.... When will G- be removed from YouTube? I wanna be able to access my account again...
Posted November 30, 2014
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Barry_Woodward: SimCity is a pretty big name as well and they just released SimCity 4 May 29th of this year.
SimCity 4 was never Origin-only. It was already available on GamersGate and on Steam, before it even came here.
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Barry_Woodward: Just because it's Origin-only now, doesn't mean that a GOG-release is impossible.
If they showed any signs of relaxing the Origin requirement, maybe I would be convinced, but I'm not, especially as they haven't released anything within 6 months here.
Post edited November 30, 2014 by Grargar
Posted November 30, 2014
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Grargar: SimCity 4 was never Origin-only. It was already available on GamersGate and on Steam, before it even came here.
I have Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising on my Steam account.
Post edited November 30, 2014 by Barry_Woodward
Posted November 30, 2014
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snowkatt: ... is a bigger name then ...
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rtcvb32: Doesn't that remind you of when Google decided to require Google+ accounts to use YouTube since they figured they'd get an instant 300 Million accounts to boost their service?

Not that it went too well.... When will G- be removed from YouTube? I wanna be able to access my account again...
You can switch between accounts on youtube.
Posted November 30, 2014
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snowkatt: because of the name
command and conquer is a bigger name then wing commander or crusader
so its better leverage to get people to use origin
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Barry_Woodward: SimCity is a pretty big name as well and they just released SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition May 29th of this year.

http://www.gog.com/news/release_simcity_4_deluxe_edition
so where is simcity 5 then ?
i dont see it decoupled from origin any time soon even though you dont need to be onlien to play it

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snowkatt: ... is a bigger name then ...
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rtcvb32: Doesn't that remind you of when Google decided to require Google+ accounts to use YouTube since they figured they'd get an instant 300 Million accounts to boost their service?

Not that it went too well.... When will G- be removed from YouTube? I wanna be able to access my account again...
you know how big comapnies are they figure they can brute force their way in
sometimes that works some times it doesn
Post edited November 30, 2014 by snowkatt
Posted November 30, 2014
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Has EA released any other classic games exclusively on Origin?
Post edited November 30, 2014 by Barry_Woodward
Posted November 30, 2014
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Barry_Woodward: I have Command & Conquer: red Alert 3: Uprising in my Steam account.
So? Just some of the leftovers before EA decided to release Origin. There is also Tiberium Wars and Tiberian Twilight there. Let's face it, though; these are hardly the collection people want here. As the wishlist shows, people either want the Westwood era C&C or the Ultimate Collection and none of them are available Origin-less.
Posted November 30, 2014
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Grargar: SimCity 4 was never Origin-only. It was already available on GamersGate and on Steam, before it even came here.
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Barry_Woodward: I have Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising on my Steam account.
and thats still steam and do keep in midn that its only red alert 3 cnc 4 and cnc 3 kane wrath on steam

nothing else
the rest of the series is on origin
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Barry_Woodward: Has EA release any other classic games exclusively on Origin?
ultima online
medalof honor air borne
a syndicate
star fighter
Post edited November 30, 2014 by snowkatt
Posted November 30, 2014
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snowkatt: ultima online
American McGee's Alice was also available Origin-only for a while, before seemingly disappearing from other stores (including Origin) Nowadays, you can only buy it as part of the Alice: Madness Returns Collection on Amazon, as an Origin key.
Post edited November 30, 2014 by Grargar
Posted November 30, 2014
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snowkatt: you know how big companies are they figure they can brute force their way in
sometimes that works some times it doesn't
True... Had it been merely that Google+ been better as an optional upgrade they would have seen a lot better reception. But we all know there's no way better to get a bad backlash than to make something mandatory to have that you never needed before and never wanted.

What's worse is Google+ is something of a graveyard. There's like 600 Million accounts.... and like 500Million of those are dead/blank/empty. Sign up for Gmail on your tablet? You get a new Google+ account with nothing you'll probably ever add... not even your name, or even your age...

I guess they hoped for more hype on the social networking scene. Reminds me.... My thoughts on Google+
Posted November 30, 2014
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snowkatt: ultima online
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Grargar: American McGee's Alice was also available Origin-only for a while, before seemingly disappearing from other stores (including Origin) Nowadays, you can only buy it as part of the Alice: Madness Returns Collection on Amazon, as an Origin key.
i bought that on steam and had to activate it via origin
its still available on steam
Posted November 30, 2014
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snowkatt: i bought that on steam and had to activate it via origin
its still available on steam
You sure it's the same one? I only see this, which makes no mention that it includes the older one.
Posted November 30, 2014
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snowkatt: you know how big companies are they figure they can brute force their way in
sometimes that works some times it doesn't
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rtcvb32: True... Had it been merely that Google+ been better as an optional upgrade they would have seen a lot better reception. But we all know there's no way better to get a bad backlash than to make something mandatory to have that you never needed before and never wanted.

What's worse is Google+ is something of a graveyard. There's like 600 Million accounts.... and like 500Million of those are dead/blank/empty. Sign up for Gmail on your tablet? You get a new Google+ account with nothing you'll probably ever add... not even your name, or even your age...

I guess they hoped for more hype on the social networking scene. Reminds me.... My thoughts on Google+
i totally ignored google+
google probably figured that because they own youtube they coudl brute force their way in and get something liek facebook twitter and tumblr
and didnt count on people rejecting it or liking to choose and have things being optional

big companies tend to be very myopic and usually turn in to the thing they claim to hate


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snowkatt: i bought that on steam and had to activate it via origin
its still available on steam
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Grargar: You sure it's the same one? I only see this, which makes no mention that it includes the older one.
oh that one
you mean the 2000 version i was thinkig of the 2011 sequel

...still got the actual cd's of the first game
it also came as a downloadable for the ps3 version of madness returns
Post edited November 30, 2014 by snowkatt
Posted November 30, 2014
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snowkatt: oh that one
you mean the 2000 version i was thinkig of the 2011 sequel

...still got the actual cd's of the first game
it also came as a downloadable for the ps3 version of madness returns
It's still available on Amazon as an Origin key, but I have no idea why it isn't sold directly on Origin.
Posted November 30, 2014
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snowkatt: oh that one
you mean the 2000 version i was thinkig of the 2011 sequel

...still got the actual cd's of the first game
it also came as a downloadable for the ps3 version of madness returns
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Grargar: It's still available on Amazon as an Origin key, but I have no idea why it isn't sold directly on Origin.
honestly ?
i have stopped trying to make sense of what EA does
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General discussionWhy isn't the Command & Conquer series available on GOG?(113 posts)(113 posts)
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