Yep, competition is usually good for the consumer. We'll see how it all shakes out in the end.
On a side note, Origin has quietly discontinued it's free games program, so that's one thing you can uninstall.
> > I might play that at some point. I'd prefer not having yet another portal installed
> > though.
>
> It's all about getting you to have an account so they can use your details for
> advertising tho.
>
> At least on the PC there is competition, unlike on the consoles, where you see almost
> 10 year old games still at launch price unless you're willing to tie them to a
> subscription.
>
> The competition does mean that on the PC things can be priced fairly, although yeah,
> anything that wants to install more 'always running' software on my PC gets am
> instant 'no' from me (not sure if that's the case here, haven't checked, not really
> interested)
>
> The amount Steam takes as a cut is daylight robbery, so you can also understand why
> other developers are going to be lured to stores that (for now) promise to take less.
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