There have been some public tensions between Valve and Electronic Arts, as the latter has launched its Origins digital distribution network. Despite this, Head of EA Europe Jens Uwe Intat expects their professional relationship in other regards to continue.
“Valve is run by very clever people, and I would say that’s also true for Electronic Arts, we’re all good business people,” said Intat. “So, Valve, when they’re looking for distribution for their products, looking at which publisher could actually do that, then I think we’re the best publisher on the planet, both in Europe and North America.”
“We have a long history of distributing Valve products and I think for every title they will look for who will do the best job. There’s no strain on that relationship because we’re competing in one space,” he added. “We’re basically competing and working with a lot of people. Every first party manufacturer is a partner of ours when we’re distributing their product, and a competitor of ours with their own software. I think, as an industry, we’re pretty good at competing and co-operating at the same time.”
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
