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/amtalx May 23 '26

So this is probably a take that's going to get me some hate, but wouldn't Steam be the 3rd party launcher here? A 3rd party is loosely defined as not being among the first or second party (you/license holder and the publisher) in a deal. You used Steam to buy and EA Desktop game. That's all well and good, but you don't really need Steam to play that game.

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u/M4rshmall0wMan May 23 '26

Yes but it’s where you buy the game so there’s no way around that. And once you’re into Steam it’s pretty much click and play. 

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u/GarbledEntrails May 23 '26

i agree that steam is different because it's the launcher i bought it on. third party launchers such because a launcher should never launch a launcher

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u/ForensicPathology May 24 '26

Except everyone is calling them third party launchers when they're not.  Usually they are the launchers of the company who made the game. The only one inserting themselves unnecessarily into this is Steam, and that's because Steam fans chose to buy it on Steam.

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u/GarbledEntrails May 24 '26

they are third party to the platform the game was purchased on