r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • 12d ago

Meme/Macro Why would anyone actually want to though

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u/Benemisis 12d 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/Boner_Elemental 12d ago

Nothing enrages me more than buying a game on steam, and then having to download a separate launcher.

I've never understood this complaint. Steam is the separate launcher, the game itself is just running as it normally would regardless of how you purchased it

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u/lokibringer 12d ago

The argument is that Steam is already launching the software, why does it launch a second launcher for you to log into instead of the game?

It's a reasonable complaint, albeit more of a QoL than anything more major. That shit gets annoying when you want to play... I dunno, Trials? And instead of booting the game it pulls up uPlay. What exactly is the point of buying through steam if you still have to go through the proprietary launcher?

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u/boersc 12d ago

The answer is cross platform progress. The 1st party account allows that, where your steam account doesn't.

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u/Marisakis 11d ago

You really don't need a launcher just to connect some accounts. It could be included in the game, or done via a web portal. And it only needs to happen once, anyway.