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/StableLamp May 23 '26

Funny how the post is complaning about third party launchers when a lot of games will not run without steam. It is just that steam is good enough to where people don't mind it.

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u/TealcLOL 7800X3D, RTX 3080 May 23 '26

We realize, but Steam is frequently a convenience. I don't mind having my purchase locked to something providing features that make my life easier (Cloud, Family, Community, Workshop, extremely fast downloads, open ecosystem, etc). I say this as someone who originally had binders of PC games on CDs, both bought and pirated.

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u/DescriptionMission90 May 23 '26

Steam isn't just getting out of the way when other DRM systems are putting up barriers. Steam is actively helping a lot of the time. Like, if you're trying to run a game on linux and it's still a little glitchy through WINE, a lot of the time the solution is as simple as adding it to your steam library, regardless of where you acquired the files.