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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by technomad@slrpnk.net to c/games@lemmy.world

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I was pretty hyped for the new prince of persia game (the lost crown), but come to find out it's only available on ubisoft's proprietary launcher or epic games. Nope, and nope.

I just want to have it available on my usual storefront, Steam, but it's been decidedly omitted. As a long time fan of the old games, this kind of hurts. Especially since many of the others -are- available on Steam.

I wonder if/when it will come out for Steam. These platform exclusivity deals need to die.

Edit: It's also available on several consoles, my post was just from a pc gamer's perspective.

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[-] Norgur@kbin.social -5 points 10 months ago

It's so unbelievably pointless! Why the fuck should I care about the damn launcher?

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

Why the fuck should I care about the damn launcher?

DRM-heavy launchers have a history of spying on PC user activity, and of leading to malware infections. All well-known launchers, today, are DRM-heavy. (I would love tips on exceptions to this!)

DRM tries to control your PC remotely. There isn't, and never will be, a safe way to do that without increasing the risks of outside malware attacks succeeding against you and your PC. In most cases, the risk increase is quite high.

Game launchers provide a trade-off between:

ease of installation and networking Vs
risk of malware infections

Each additional launcher brings a lot more risk, and slightly less convenience.

If it was just about the convenience, I agree - who cares.

Many of us have lost entire digital game catalogs, or had to rebuild our gaming rig, or both, due to a remotely hacked game installer/service/launcher. So many of us are incredibly bullish against adding one more installer/service/launcher to our gaming rig.