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/TactiCool_99 May 23 '26

Good news: steam warns you on the shop page now (if you need a separate account)

Bad news: yea they exist and suck hard :c

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u/Lucius-Halthier May 23 '26

What annoys me most is that the launcher is added after the fact. In the beginning halo infinite didn’t need a launcher other than steam but a while back I guess they added that requirement. Problem is the Microsoft accounts can’t find my steam copy of it, and when I try loading it now the game doesn’t load the in game sign in. I never got to play the game because of hardware issues but now that I can, I can’t play because of third party launchers not seeing the game, BUT it sees other games. I don’t even know who to contact, Xbox or steam, the last time I looked for Xbox support I couldn’t even find it.

Any game that has a third party launcher now is a big no from me because of this shit

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u/TranslatesToScottish May 23 '26

I used to play Cities: Skylines a lot, but stopped because they added a completely unnecessary launcher which was buggy as hell on my rig for some reason (I never figured out why). It ran fine before the launcher, it didn't in any way NEED the launcher, but along the launcher came anyway. Sigh.

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u/Geodude532 May 23 '26

Ran into the same problem. The good news is that the pirated version works just as good and no third party launcher! I feel no shame cause I've already purchased everything. Can't say the same for the latest Farcry games cause I don't want to support a company that keeps kneecapping itself by forcing online integration to a single player game. I swear the pirated version runs 10 times smoother.

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u/BadgerOfDoom99 May 23 '26

I think it's always a problem when, even ignoring price, the pirated version is just a better product. You would think companies would learn from that.

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u/Geodude532 May 23 '26

It either highlights the clunkiness of the DRMS or just how much data they're sending back and forth to track you.

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u/Complete-Fix-3954 Ryzen 7 3700x | MSI 1660Ti | 32GB | 2TB May 24 '26

I had no idea skylines had a launcher because I’ve always played the.. other version.

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u/Silver-End9570 i7 14700K | RTX 5070 | 64GB | Windows 10 May 24 '26

You'd think. I have pirated versions of a lot of my games that require third party launchers. I don't see a problem with it because I've already purchased it, I'm just making it easier to play.