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style="float: right;" />The<a href=""> head of EA's Origin may
take issue with Steam</a> selling games at a steep discount --
*cough* <a href="">hypocritically</a> *cough* -- but judging by
a statement from his boss, he may not have to worry about being
undercut at retail forever. No, David DeMartini isn't getting
fired; EA COO Peter Moore just thinks that basically all games
will be free to play in the next five to 10 years. </p> <p>"I
think, ultimately, those microtransactions will be in every
game, but the game itself or the access to the game will be
free," <a href="">Moore told Kotaku</a>. "I think there's an
inevitability that happens five years from now, 10 years from
now, that, let's call it the client, to use the term, [is
free.]" </p> <p>It won't be a total shift for the industry; when
asked how a game like Mass Effect could translate