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EA: Origin is doing very well

article published on 4 February, 2012

Electronic Arts reported its quarterly earnings on Friday and it appears that their new digital distribution platform Origin is doing very well. The platform has 9.3 million registered users, almost 25 percent of large rival Steam, which was established well before Origins launched in May. To date, Origin has generated "over $100 million in non-GAAP revenue since launch," read the report. ... [ read the full article ]

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stuntman_
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_ 		4. February 2012 @ 16:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Origin is doing well only because its required to play Battlefield 3
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gunlove
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_ 		4. February 2012 @ 17:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by stuntman_:
 Origin is doing well only because its required to play Battlefield 3
completely true.. I hate having to run origins just to play BF3....
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statomike
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_ 		4. February 2012 @ 20:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can't compare Origin growth to Steam, because Steam was established so long before. It's like comparing the growth of New Amsterdam to the growth of Los Angeles.
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Mysttic
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_ 		5. February 2012 @ 13:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Origin is doing well only because its required to play Battlefield 3
Origin is required for nearly all of EA's 2011 titles, just battlefield was one of the biggest.
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Kannz
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_ 		6. February 2012 @ 03:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
reminds me of that old ea sports saying..**** em and **** you too and Get the **** outta my building.
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