From CNET: Regular readers know my advice when it comes to videogames: wait, wait, wait. The longer you hold out, the cheaper the game will be. In fact, if you wait long enough, it might just be free.
Case in point: For the next few days, Origin is offering Battlefield 3 (PC) for $0. The game normally sells for $19.99. Woot!
Of course, nothing is really free, right? There must be some catch. Actually, there are two: You need to create an Origin account (unless you already have one), and you need to install the Origin client on your PC (unless you already have it).
Yep, I was joshin' you: those hardly qualify as catches. It's fair to trade a few bits of personal info for a game like this, and understandable that you'd need a download manager to install it. Steam works the same way.
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