EA's own digital distribution platform, Origin, will soon be supporting other publisher's games. EA CFO, Eric Brown revealed the first details at a conference in London recently, report Gamasutra . Brown said ""Initially, Origin is set up to deliver EA games, but very soon, we'll be delivering third-party content to Origin." Exactly which publishers will be involved is yet to be announced.
Brown anticipates a spike in numbers over the Christmas period: "We're fairly excited about Origin... we have about 4 million installs of the client, we expect that number to climb substantially as we enter this ... holiday season." He's probably thinking of Battlefield 3 and The Old Republic when he says that. Just like we are now.
We recently talked to Vale's head about Origin in our Gabe Newell interview . EA's digitial distribution service has been a contentious subject over the past few months, but don't worry if you need to catch up. You can read all of our Origin news in just one click.
