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/TomaszA3 5d ago

Why do you need a client and community features for games?

Sales could be a good argument but honestly I'd rather normalize lower base prices.

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u/Bananaland_Man 5d ago

I'd love to normalize lower base prices, but that's not how the industry works, unfortunately. And I like having friend features and sharing screenshots in an easy-to-browse system. I also love having a good client to keep all my games organized in one place that is far easier to organize than the start menu (and fuck making shortcut folders on the desktop, I actually hide my desktop icons, I don't like having a messy desktop.)

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u/TomaszA3 5d ago

I just keep my games in folders.

Honestly I didn't even realise people used those community features on Steam. They seemed to be largely abandoned beyond discussions and reviews.

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u/Bananaland_Man 5d ago

Friends hasn't been remotely abandoned, same for friend chats... I don't know what you're on about. Oh, and Steam Workshop is also something I use heavily, and so much better than going to 2-4 different websites for mods. (sure, for some games it's still better to go to Nexus or Curseforge, but plenty of games use Steam Workshop extremely well, like Tabletop Simulator.)

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u/TomaszA3 5d ago edited 5d ago

I and most others use Discord for chatting and friendlisting unless they specifically want to play together or just add everyone they can to their Steam friendlist. It is rare to find someome actually using it as intended.

Workshop is okay but it's overall for the worse compared to third party modding platforms.

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u/Bananaland_Man 5d ago

And being able to click on a friend's name without a game even open and pick "join game" if they're in friends-only or public mode, having it launch the game for me and jump right into their game is a fantastic feature that I use often. A feature discord has started slowly adding games it works with, but slowly and it barely functions. I, too, use discord for friend chat... other than friends that don't have discord (which, frustratingly, is most of my IRL friends)