EA and Ubisoft can try to have their cake and eat it too, but Steam has been better at showing what EULAs and online accounts are required before a consumer mak

EA and Ubisoft can try to have their cake and eat it too, but Steam has been better at showing what EULAs and online accounts are required before a consumer makes a purchase. The Steam Store page for Assasin's Creed: Odyssey (the last Creed game I remember news of) tells us to expect Denuvo DRM (an anti-feature that some people boycott, chosen by Ubi), a 3rd-party account requirement, and whatever the game's actual EULA is. Nevermind the face that the game is MSRP on Steam, and Ubi had it marked down to $15 on their own platform when I checked. Gee, I wonder why the price hasn't been cut on Steam? </s> As for EA specifically, they've been a bit of a dumpster fire for PC gamers, and have pushed a lot of 'Games are a Live Service' stuff. They've released games that are partially broken on day 1, but have their microtransaction systems fleshed out. While purchasable on Steam, their latest Battlefield game still requires an EA account, to get people onto their Epic Store. It's just a way to advertise in front of the Steam crowd, to tease them towards their platform with some discounts. (very opinionated, if you haven't noticed)