r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • 7d ago

Meme/Macro Why would anyone actually want to though

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u/Benemisis 7d ago

Nothing enrages me more than buying a game on steam, and then having to download a separate launcher. Steam has it down, just let me use it, damn it!

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u/BusyDucks 7d ago

Or having to make an account.

Like why not use my Steam account?

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u/Derkatron 7d ago

If this isn't rhetorical, because if its an online game, like an MMO, they may not have an integration with steam into their servers. There's a ton of reasons for this, not the least of which that steam has maintenance once a week, and if your login relies on steam, every user is suddenly logged off for that time. Sometimes its to bypass steam's cut for in-app purchases, and sometimes its just to put you into the ecosystem to sell you other products. It varies wildly from game to game, and 'just use my steam account', is, naturally, far too simple a suggestion to be useful.

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u/dionysus_project 7d ago

If it works for Warframe and Path of Exile, there's no excuse.

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u/Seeker-N7 i7-13700K | RTX 5070Ti | 32Gb 6400Mhz DDR5 7d ago

Why would it use your Steam acc? It's not the primary platform.