which is worse? uPlay or origin?

Uplay. Origin is not that bad.

Origin rocks, steam sucks.

Actually, out of the services you've listed, I think I've struggled the most with steam when I used it for the first time.

Origin is like steam on linux compared to uPlay

uplay, ubisoft, anything made by ubisoft, fuck ubisoft, fuck them fuck them fuck them

Steam > Origin > Desura > Uplay

A platform that disconnects your modem from internet only by downloading a game. Yeah that sucks. The worse of them is uplay, my humble opinion.

I think Desura is the best, too bad it's not as big as Steam.

Origin at least has great customer service, something that Steam greatly lacks. EA also let users who bought their games on Steam redeem free copies on Origin (though I don't think you guys necessarily would say this is a good thing). Also, their promotions like On The House and Game Time were pretty good.

That said, the client really needs a lot of work, and the catalog is still very limited.

Uplay, on the other hand, is the epitome of Ubisoft's distrust with its own user base. Not only do you have to be online all the time to play their games, but the client itself is a major resource hog. Pair that with an already resource-heavy Steam client, and there won't be enough power left to actually run some games. The client is also notorious for losing saved games over the cloud, full of annoying ads, and a terrible web browser for the store. And to top it all off, they probably have the worst customer service.

These are just my experiences, and your mileage may vary. I still very much prefer DRM free gaming, but Steam is almost the next best thing.

Steam is the worst cause it actually takes my money! :D

uPlay, how can you people say Origin is as bad or even worse than that piece of shit DRM?!

Both.Steam > Origin-Uplay

Games for Windows Live.

Both of them are pretty good.

Uplay sucks much more than Origin.

Steam - Great client, terrible support.
Origin - Ok client, good support.
uPlay - Terrible client, terrible support.

UPlay sucks. I can't even play AC3 without it god damn crashing. Screw you Ubisoft!

EA is the worst as the company but as far as DRM client goes Origin works quite well. Only once did I have problem with it being offline for like 1 day, but at least they support works fast and client don't tend to crash. On the other hand as I like Ubi a bit as devs/publishers (love a lot of their games) Uplay ytself sucks major balls. It tends to crash a lot, crash games running on it on Alt+Tab, eats shitload of resources compared to Steam and Origin and have non-existent support like Steam.

TL;DR: Ubisoft > EA, but Origin > UPlay

Its funny how sinse Origin started giving free games,all the hate goes to Uplay.Its a proof that we are stupid indeed.

Uplay...I've played only 2-3 games on Uplay just because they had to be played on this platform (eg I have Steam version but it still needs to launch Uplay)

Anyway, its bad, laggy, ugly etc etc.

I've never had problems with Origin, I'm just bothered it exists and how EA won't release games on Steam anymore. Same goes to UPlay (the thing that it's mandatory for some games) but I have to say I also had no problems with it either. I only have three games on it though, and so far only The Crew is the problem since it likes to crash sometimes, but I think that has to do more with the game being in beta, than with the UPlay itself.

BTW why is Steam listed?

My main issue with Origin is as my native language is English but I am currently living in a country where the native language isn't English and the language settings are set to autodetect based on the country you're currently in. This option is unchangeable. Just because I can read a second language doesn't mean I still wouldn't choose my native language by default.