I already own the games that register on Steam that are interesting. I would only be interested in the games that don't register on Steam, but I do not want to use Origin.
Steam has some pretty shitty policies as well, like the fact that you can no longer log in on multiple computers. This means you can't play two different games on the same account. Working backwards from the days when if you bought two games, two people could play them simultaneously.
Clearly how? You are correct that I am not sufficiently interested in order to go through the additional hassle of Origin. I have in the past been very interested in some games but did not want to add on the hassle of Origin and so I never got them. That's pretty much the same case as here.
Steam has some pretty shitty policies as well, like the fact that you can no longer log in on multiple computers.
It does but I don't find that relevant at all. For one, I have no need to log into multiple computers anyway. But for the more general case of Steam policies, I have found them a sufficient tradeoff for value. My issue with Origin is not strictly their policies but the fact that I already have Steam running with >500 games in my library and I don't want to be running Origin on top of that. It's unnecessary hassle and it's wasteful of resources.
If I got my buy-in on Origin first, odds are I'd be saying things the other way around.
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I wouldn't mind having Mirror's Edge but I loved the game so much that I burned myself out on the demo on PS3. I really love Burnout Paradise but already have it for PS3 (and am unlikely to put anymore time into it from scratch).