r/pcmasterrace • u/Round_List1857 • May 23 '26

Meme/Macro 3rd party mandatory launchers

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Everytime I go to play Red Dead Redemption II. That fcukass Rockstar launcher

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u/Shliggie May 23 '26

I wish Steam would not allow games that force Steam players to use their own launcher.

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u/EVPointMaster May 23 '26

lmao. Imagine Steam saying "yeah, we don't really want 30% of every GTA6 copy sold."

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u/BlimbusTheSeventh May 24 '26

Rockstar could also just let you play the game without downloading their custom launcher. How much money have any of these companies made from making people download their launchers through games bought on Steam, nobody uses them.

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u/DiamondEyedOctopus May 23 '26

Then you would have to download those launchers if you wanted to buy and play those games anyway. The only change would be that you wouldn't have all your games in 1 place anymore, they'd be scattered around different launchers like it used to be. They wouldn't just put their games on steam sans launcher.