[citation][nom]therealfly[/nom]Steam is kinda fail IMO.
2, If EA released Battlefield 3 on Steam, and you bought the game on Steam, you'd have to pay steam for the updates too. All steam needed to do was allow EA to sell the add-on's eventhough a customer bought the game from steam. Steam said NO! EA said piss off.
5, Steam has gotten better, but i use to hate waiting for map packs to be released on steam. nothing better then watching my friend play the new Zombi Nazi's while i read Steam Fourms, begging for them to release the steam update.Steam is ... Average at best.[/citation]
2. How would 'you' have to pay Steam updates for the game? Steam has free automatic updates, no need to download patches on your own.
If your referring to DLC as paying for updated content, then your disillusioned. Yes you pay on steam for say a map pack or new DLC, BUT you would of had to pay that same price somewhere else.
However, often during Steams holiday sales (or franchise sales), you can even buy DLC for dirt cheap (ex: 75% of FO:New Vegas and all its DLC last week, so $2.50 each, regular $10). Thats not the case for other places.
EA is just greedy and doesn't like how they must give Steam a percentage of revenue for offering gamers a far superior service than what they ever could with Origin.
5. Map packs come out when they are available for the PC (often PS3 and PC must wait). Lots of times Xbox signs those exclusive deals to have those DLC first a month or so in advanced of other consoles. This is not Steams fault. Blame M$ for that.