AD
Finder of things, Doer of stuff
I'm not entirely sure I follow you're point, AD. I have no doubt that digital distribution would be far, far cheaper than a bricks and mortar approach with boxed copies etc. I think that's highly likely, given Chris is talking about adding to the game over time post release. I was merely saying that I don't think EA would hand over distribution to someone else. Why would they? If the game is as good as everyone hopes it will be (WC or not...), then it would be a massive boon for EA and their own Origin platform.
I might have not read what you said clearly... I thought for some reason you were saying that CR having money to self distribute would be an issue for EA... But I can see that was kind of a dumb connection to make.
But I can also see why Chris might want to control distribution himself if he really wants to use something like steam instead of being forced by EA to opt out in favor of Origin (ironic). There's other support reasons to want to control distibution as well if it means simplifying patching and feedback from gamers and the like. Whether that's the holdup with EA or if EA would ever see eye to eye with CR on these issues is something we'll have to wait and see I guess.