I brought Darkspore the other day from Steam. I enjoyed the beta and it was 75% so I thought why the hell not?
So it's all downloaded and I punch-in my Origin Log-in (the same one I used for the beta they had for the game a while back). Problem is, every time I do this I'm met with a log-in error 73003.
I thought maybe my e-mail wasn't registered and I was just being a dipstick thinking my e-mail was registered. Nope, I was right. It tells me I have a Darkspore profile already linked to my e-mail.
I then find out that EA/Maxis have run into a mysterious sever problem (this strange Er73003) and have just up and left the game and it's community in the dark, never to be seen again. This whole ridiculous matter is for another thread entirely.
So basically Steam have sold me a game that hasn't been working for a while now and will probably never get a fix because EA haven't had as much success as they would like out of it so they're tossing it to the side. What the actual hell?
Note: People I'm not that angry at Steam. More so at EA. Though Steam should know if a game on their service is working before putting it up for 75% off SALE, but I can accept it for being an honest mistake. I just feel the need as a customer to complain like all the rest of you would do.
[Edited on 12.04.2012 10:35 AM PST]